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Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements Prologue: The View from 29,000 Feet and Below Chapter One: Transportation Corridors Transform the West Chapter Two: When Railroads Ruled Chapter Three: Copper Connections and the Last Transcontinental Railroad Chapter Four: Roads Stretching from Farm to Market, but Seldom Beyond Chapter Five: The Emergence of New Corridors of Power Chapter Six: The Twentieth Century Transportation Revolution Chapter Seven: The New Overland Route Chapter Eight: Hard Choices for Hard Times Chapter Nine: Is this Trip Necessary? The Impact of World War II Chapter Ten: Auto Euphoria and Other Post-War Enthusiasms Chapter Eleven: The Sky's the Limit Chapter Twelve: Reinventing the Railroads Conclusion: The Space of Place Chapter Notes Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

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