Media type: E-Article Title: Railroads and the Character of America, 1820–1887. By James A. Ward. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 200. $14.95 Contributor: Lewis, Bradley G. imprint: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1987 Published in: The Journal of Economic History Language: English DOI: 10.1017/s0022050700050312 ISSN: 0022-0507; 1471-6372 Keywords: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ; Economics and Econometrics ; History Origination: Footnote: