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UNINA9910450099203321 |
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Autore |
Orsi Richard J |
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Titolo |
Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-94086-5 |
1-59875-540-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (640 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Railroads - California - History |
Water resources development - West (U.S.) |
Land use - West (U.S.) - History |
Electronic books. |
West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century |
West (U.S.) Economic conditions 19th century |
West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- |
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Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. |
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