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Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
| 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
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| 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
| 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 |
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Orsi Richard J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
| 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
| 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, , 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-9910821190403321 |
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Orsi Richard J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and American government [[electronic resource] ] : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
| Water and American government [[electronic resource] ] : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
| Autore | Pisani Donald J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (428 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-92758-3
9786612356636 1-282-35663-1 1-59734-989-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455622703321 |
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Pisani Donald J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
| Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
| Autore | Pisani Donald J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
agriculture american west arable land arizona boulder dam bureau of indian affairs bureau of reclamation california carey act drought ecology family farms farming communities farming frontier government programs irrigation projects land development land management native americans nature nonfiction pima politics public works rupert idaho rural social program teddy roosevelt the new deal twin falls urban america us history water policy water rights water use water western history yakima |
| ISBN |
0-520-92758-3
9786612356636 1-282-35663-1 1-59734-989-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780377203321 |
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Pisani Donald J
|
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
| Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
| Autore | Pisani Donald J |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
agriculture american west arable land arizona boulder dam bureau of indian affairs bureau of reclamation california carey act drought ecology family farms farming communities farming frontier government programs irrigation projects land development land management native americans nature nonfiction pima politics public works rupert idaho rural social program teddy roosevelt the new deal twin falls urban america us history water policy water rights water use water western history yakima |
| ISBN |
0-520-92758-3
9786612356636 1-282-35663-1 1-59734-989-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821451203321 |
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Pisani Donald J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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