Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi

• Autore: Orsi Richard J
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (640 p.)
• Disciplina: 385/.0978
• Soggetto topico: Railroads - California - History; Water resources development - West (U.S.); Land use - West (U.S.) - History
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century; West (U.S.) Economic conditions 19th century; West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sunset limited
• ISBN: 0-520-94086-5; 1-59875-540-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450099203321
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