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Author Igler, David, 1964-

Title Industrial cowboys : Miller & Lux and the transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 / David Igler.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index.
Summary This text uses the example of Henry Miller and Charles Lux, two San Francisco butchers who turned themselves into landed industrialists, to illuminate the industrial and environmental transformation of the American West.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Industrial Cowboys in the Far West; 1. The San Joaquin Valley; 2. Laying the Foundation; 3. Privatizing the San Joaquin Landscape in the 1870s; 4. Lux v. Haggin; 5. Laboring on the Land; 6. Confronting New Environments at the Century's Turn; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Miller & Lux -- History.
Miller & Lux.
History.
Miller & Lux.
Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Cattle trade.
Animal industry -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Animal industry.
Packing-houses -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Packing-houses.
Land use -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Land use.
Water rights -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water rights.
Big business -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Big business.
Industrialization -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Industrialization.
Indexed Term Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Igler, David, 1964- Industrial cowboys. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520226585 (DLC) 00055171 (OCoLC)44446623
ISBN 9780520938939 (electronic book)
0520938933 (electronic book)
0585390185 (electronic book)
9780585390185 (electronic book)
0520226585 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520226586 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1597346764
9781597346764