Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
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Orsi Richard J
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| Titolo: |
Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910821190403321 |
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