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1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-588) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- History.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company. |
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History. |
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Southern Pacific Company -- History.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company. |
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Southern Pacific Company. |
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Southern Pacific Company. |
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Railroads -- California -- History.
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Railroads. |
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California. |
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Water resources development -- West (U.S.)
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Water resources development. |
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Land use -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Land use. |
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West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions. |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Orsi, Richard J. Sunset limited. Berkley : University of California Press, ©2005 0520200195 (DLC) 2004008782 (OCoLC)55055386 |
ISBN |
9780520940864 (electronic book) |
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0520940865 (electronic book) |
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1423700074 (electronic book) |
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9781423700074 (electronic book) |
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0520200195 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520200197 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1598755404 |
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9781598755404 |