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I find it fascinating that no conflict of interest was corrected for or even, it seemed, noted, among the landscape photographers who took the images of the railroad lands to disseminate. Indeed, at the height of the conflicts between RR & indigenous peoples, there was not really any attempt to cover the biases or cloak them in some unswayed manner.--Nicole Steck | I find it fascinating that no conflict of interest was corrected for or even, it seemed, noted, among the landscape photographers who took the images of the railroad lands to disseminate. Indeed, at the height of the conflicts between RR & indigenous peoples, there was not really any attempt to cover the biases or cloak them in some unswayed manner.--Nicole Steck | ||
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| + | We learned in class that the use/ construction of trains and railroads revolutionized transportation in America. The railroads connected the American population in a way not seen before. Miles upon miles of railroad ran across the U.S, connecting rural areas with cities, and allowing access to areas that had previously been incredibly hard to travel. The use of railroads allowed for greater and more efficient transfer of goods and people. In this article I read about yet another innovation brought on by railroads, tourism. Tourism provided railroad companies with another way to make profit. Some of the beautiful paintings presented in the beginning, as well as the later photographs served as advertisements. The beautiful depictions of a natural (only slightly touched) landscape helped to draw in tourists and the later trains (obviously dependent on wealth of passengers) were equipped with luxuries for traveling sightseers. | ||
| + | However, further into the article the images presented are no longer beautiful, exaggerated representations of the landscape, but instead images that reveal a more realistic, gritty view of trains, stations, and the railroads. By this later point in the railroad’s history it appears to have been hard to ignore the consequences of using such technology. -Kathleen Mead | ||
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== Arthur McEvoy, “Working Environments: An Ecological Approach to Industrial Health and Safety” == | == Arthur McEvoy, “Working Environments: An Ecological Approach to Industrial Health and Safety” == | ||
