The Countryside Transformed: The Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Creation of a Modern Landscape |
| William G. Thomas III, University of Nebraska
Brooks Miles Barnes, Eastern Shore Public Library Tom Szuba, University of Virginia |
Essay Sections:
Introduction | On
The Edge of Modernity | The Railroad and the Modern
Landscape | The Railroad's Direct and Indirect Effects
| Nature's Limits | Conclusion
| Notes | Recommended Resources
Recommended Resources:
Links:
Calahan Photograph Collection: Eastern Shore Public Library
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/photo/dorabout.htm
The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1870-1935 Digital Archive
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/eshore/index.php
Eastern Shore Public Library
http://www.espl.org/
Eastern Shore Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Shore_Railroad
A History of Afican Americans of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
http://www.udel.edu/BlackHistory/
Print Materials:
Ayers, Edward L. The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Latimer, Frances Bibbins. Landmarks: Black Historic Sites on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Eastville, VA: Hickory House, forthcoming.
Noe, Kenneth. Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Thomas, III, William G.. Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999.
Zelinksy, Wilbur. "Where the South Begins: The Northern Limit of the Cis-Appalachian South in Terms of Settlement Landscape," in Exploring the Beloved Country: Geographic Forays into American Society and Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1994.
Calahan Photograph Collection: Eastern Shore Public Library
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/photo/dorabout.htm
The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1870-1935 Digital Archive
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/eshore/index.php
Eastern Shore Public Library
http://www.espl.org/
Eastern Shore Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Shore_Railroad
A History of Afican Americans of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
http://www.udel.edu/BlackHistory/
Print Materials:
Ayers, Edward L. The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Latimer, Frances Bibbins. Landmarks: Black Historic Sites on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Eastville, VA: Hickory House, forthcoming.
Noe, Kenneth. Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Thomas, III, William G.. Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999.
Zelinksy, Wilbur. "Where the South Begins: The Northern Limit of the Cis-Appalachian South in Terms of Settlement Landscape," in Exploring the Beloved Country: Geographic Forays into American Society and Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1994.
Essay Sections:
Introduction | On
The Edge of Modernity | The Railroad and the Modern
Landscape | The Railroad's Direct and Indirect Effects
| Nature's Limits | Conclusion
| Notes | Recommended Resources
Published: 31 July 2007
© 2007 William G. Thomas III, Brooks Miles Barnes, Tom Szuba and Southern Spaces
© 2007 William G. Thomas III, Brooks Miles Barnes, Tom Szuba and Southern Spaces
