Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
Autore | Orsi Richard J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450099203321 |
Orsi Richard J | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
Autore | Orsi Richard J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 |
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 |
ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783320003321 |
Orsi Richard J | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
Autore | Orsi Richard J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
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 |
ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821190403321 |
Orsi Richard J | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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