James A Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 3945739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1904 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Memory and Atrocity: Representing the Zong
London is All Waste: Rubbish in Patrick Keiller's Robinson Films
Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries
Journal Article Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries Get access Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries. By Segal Howard P.. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2005. xvi, 244 pp. $34.95, isbn1-55849-481-2.) James A. Ward James A. Ward University of TennesseeChattanooga, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 93, Issue…
This Train Is Bound for Glory: The Story of America's Chapel Cars
Journal Article This Train Is Bound for Glory: The Story of America's Chapel Cars Get access This Train Is Bound for Glory: The Story of America's Chapel Cars. By Taylor Wilma Rugh Taylor Norman Thomas. (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1999. xiii + 382 pp. Illustrations, notes, index.) James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly,…
Building the Continental Empire: American Expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War
The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company
Journal Article The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company. By James A. Ward. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. xiv, 309 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8047-2457-1.) Get access Patrick J. Furlong Patrick J. Furlong Indiana University, South Bend, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 2, September 1996, Pages 664–665, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945046 Published: 01…
Southern Railroad Man: Conductor N. J. Bell's Recollections of the Civil War Era
Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman
Journal Article Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman. By Liston Edgington Leyendecker. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1992. xvi + 323 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-87081-223-8.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1622–1623, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080…
The Autobiography of Henry Merrell: Industrial Missionary to the South
Promotional Wizardry: Rhetoric and Railroad Origins, 1820-1860
Consipicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
The Great Northern Railway: A History by Ralph W. Hidy, et al
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 1057 what the actual story is. Without such insights, he is left without a skeleton on which to hang the information at his disposal. Maury Klein Dr. Klein teaches at the University of Rhode Island. His most recent books have been The Life and Legend ofJay Gould (1986) and Union Pacific: The Birth, 1862—1893 (1987). The second volume of his Union Pacific history, Union Pacific: The Rebirth, 1894-1969, will be p…
The Great Northern Railway: A History
History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Author of six earlier books about United States railroads, John F. Stover packs this narrative history with careful scholarship and colorful description which will appeal to the railroad buff and the professional historian, as well as to any reader who wishes to travel with the Mother of Railroads through an exciting period in United States history
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913
Journal Article The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1834–1913. By Vincent P. Carosso with Rose C. Carosso. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. xix + 888 pp. $65.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889723 Published: 0…
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
Journal Article Railroads and the Character of America, 1820–1887. By James A. Ward. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. xii + 200 pp. $14.95.) Get access Howard P. Segal Howard P. Segal University of Maine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 2, September 1987, Page 517, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900075 Published: 01 September 1987
Inventions: The Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller
Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s
Journal Article Iron Road to the West: Amehcan Railroads in the 1850s. By John F. Stover. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. xiii + 266 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 2, September 1981, Pages 389–390, ht…
J. Edgar Thomson: Master of the Pennsylvania
Journal Article J. Edgar Thomson: Master of the Pennsylvania. By James A. Ward. (Westport: Greenwood, 1980. xviii + 265 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $25.00.) Get access Robert E. Carlson Robert E. Carlson West Chester State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 2, September 1981, Pages 390–391, https://doi.org/10.2307/18900…
Image and Reality: The Railway Corporate-State Metaphor
Of the innumerable types of business enterprise that flourished in nineteenth-century America, none was more important than the railroads. For the first time in the national experience they provided relatively cheap, dependable transportation into the heartland and created a national market that prompted the growth of so many other aspects of national endeavor. As railroad leaders built what became America's first big business, they also develope…
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Journal Article The American Railroad Passenger Car. By John H. White, Jr. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. xii + 699 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 182–183, htt…
Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad
Journal Article Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad. By Charles Edgar Ames. (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969. xvii + 591 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, major references, and index. $10.95.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volum…
Power and Accountability on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1846–1878
Despite attempts by the state legislature to fashion the charter of the Pennsylvania Railroad in such a way as to insure a high degree of managerial accountability to the board of directors and to make the corporation broadly accountable to the public, things turned out very differently. The volume and complexity of managerial decisions quickly brought a centralization of power in the hands of the road's professional managers as the board atrophi…
The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913
Journal Article The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1834–1913. By Vincent P. Carosso with Rose C. Carosso. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. xix + 888 pp. $65.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889723 Published: 0…
Image and Reality: The Railway Corporate-State Metaphor
Of the innumerable types of business enterprise that flourished in nineteenth-century America, none was more important than the railroads. For the first time in the national experience they provided relatively cheap, dependable transportation into the heartland and created a national market that prompted the growth of so many other aspects of national endeavor. As railroad leaders built what became America's first big business, they also develope…
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Journal Article The American Railroad Passenger Car. By John H. White, Jr. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. xii + 699 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 182–183, htt…
Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad
Journal Article Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad. By Charles Edgar Ames. (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969. xvii + 591 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, major references, and index. $10.95.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volum…
A New Look at Antebellum Southern Railroad Development
The Present Problems of General Psychology
Essays in Philosophy
What does America want
Studying old maps of North America is a rich pleasure. To arrange them in chronological sequence is to observe the human mind making the most of what it thinks it knows. The cartographers did the best they could with what they themselves had seen and what explorers had reported to them. They worked by candlelight in an immensity of darkness and for a student there is drama in watching the light grow stronger. There is a similar but more important…
A New Look at Antebellum Southern Railroad Development
That Man Haupt: A Biography of Herman Haupt
Power and Accountability on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1846–1878
Despite attempts by the state legislature to fashion the charter of the Pennsylvania Railroad in such a way as to insure a high degree of managerial accountability to the board of directors and to make the corporation broadly accountable to the public, things turned out very differently. The volume and complexity of managerial decisions quickly brought a centralization of power in the hands of the road's professional managers as the board atrophi…
Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad
Journal Article Pioneering the Union Pacific: A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad. By Charles Edgar Ames. (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969. xvii + 591 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, major references, and index. $10.95.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volum…
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Journal Article The American Railroad Passenger Car. By John H. White, Jr. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. xii + 699 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 182–183, htt…
Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s
Journal Article Iron Road to the West: Amehcan Railroads in the 1850s. By John F. Stover. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. xiii + 266 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 2, September 1981, Pages 389–390, ht…
J. Edgar Thomson: Master of the Pennsylvania
Journal Article J. Edgar Thomson: Master of the Pennsylvania. By James A. Ward. (Westport: Greenwood, 1980. xviii + 265 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $25.00.) Get access Robert E. Carlson Robert E. Carlson West Chester State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 2, September 1981, Pages 390–391, https://doi.org/10.2307/18900…
Image and Reality: The Railway Corporate-State Metaphor
Of the innumerable types of business enterprise that flourished in nineteenth-century America, none was more important than the railroads. For the first time in the national experience they provided relatively cheap, dependable transportation into the heartland and created a national market that prompted the growth of so many other aspects of national endeavor. As railroad leaders built what became America's first big business, they also develope…
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
Journal Article Railroads and the Character of America, 1820–1887. By James A. Ward. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. xii + 200 pp. $14.95.) Get access Howard P. Segal Howard P. Segal University of Maine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 2, September 1987, Page 517, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900075 Published: 01 September 1987
Inventions: The Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller
History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Author of six earlier books about United States railroads, John F. Stover packs this narrative history with careful scholarship and colorful description which will appeal to the railroad buff and the professional historian, as well as to any reader who wishes to travel with the Mother of Railroads through an exciting period in United States history
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913
Journal Article The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1834–1913. By Vincent P. Carosso with Rose C. Carosso. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. xix + 888 pp. $65.00.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889723 Published: 0…
Consipicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933
Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887
planned and coordinated by a disloyal society.After all, the popular protests that forced American withdrawal from Vietnam were not organized, either.We are indebted to Klement for revising the history of the dark lantern societies, as well as for earlier works revising the image of Copperheads.But study of antiwar sentiments and activities in the North
The Great Northern Railway: A History by Ralph W. Hidy, et al
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 1057 what the actual story is. Without such insights, he is left without a skeleton on which to hang the information at his disposal. Maury Klein Dr. Klein teaches at the University of Rhode Island. His most recent books have been The Life and Legend ofJay Gould (1986) and Union Pacific: The Birth, 1862—1893 (1987). The second volume of his Union Pacific history, Union Pacific: The Rebirth, 1894-1969, will be p…
The Great Northern Railway: A History
The Autobiography of Henry Merrell: Industrial Missionary to the South
Promotional Wizardry: Rhetoric and Railroad Origins, 1820-1860
Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman
Journal Article Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman. By Liston Edgington Leyendecker. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1992. xvi + 323 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-87081-223-8.) Get access James A. Ward James A. Ward University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1622–1623, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080…
Southern Railroad Man: Conductor N. J. Bell's Recollections of the Civil War Era
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