Profiting from the plains : the Great Northern Railway and corporate development of the American West / / Claire Strom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808353503321
• Autore: Strom Claire
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-295-80211-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 385/.0978/09041
• Soggetti: Railroads - Great Plains - History; Businessmen - Great Plains; Agriculture - Economic aspects - Great Plains - History; West (U.S.) Economic conditions; United States Economic conditions 1865-1918
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trial and Error, 1878-1893 -- 3. Cooperation and Success, 1893-1902 -- 4. "The Nation's Future," 1902-1907 -- 5. Conflict and Disillusion, 1907-1912 -- 6. Isolation and Expertise, 1907-1912 -- 7. Retirement and Retreat, 1912-1916 -- 8. "The Voice of the Northwest" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.