9780520251649 - Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 di Orsi, Richard J. J. (21 risultati)

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softcover. Condizione: Fine copy. Illus. with photos (illustratore). 1st. 8vo, 615 pp.

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Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. 615 pages, illustrated. "A remarkable study for those intrigued by the history of American railroading and the development of the West- and of American capitalism." FINE SOFTCOVER. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 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. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, "Sunset Limited" explores the railroad's development and influence - especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment - and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West. Based on his unprecedented and extensive research into the company's historical archives, Richard Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific Company identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development in the railroad's hinterland.As he traces the complex and shifting intersections between corporate and public interest, Orsi documents the railroad's little-known promotion of land distribution, small-scale farming, scientific agriculture, and less wasteful environmental practices and policies - including water conservation and wilderness and recreational parklands preservation. Meticulously researched, lucidly written, and judiciously balanced, "Sunset Limited" opens a new window onto the American West in a crucial phase of its development and will forever change our perceptions of one of the largest and most important western corporations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:9780520251649.

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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pict. paper covers, first edition,(1st paperback printing) xxii, 615 pages : illustrations ,CONTENTS: 1800-1999 ,California, Ecology,Economic history,History,Land use,Land use West (U.S.) History,Railroads.Railroads California History,Southern Pacific Company,Southern Pacific Company History,Southern Pacific Railroad Company,Southern Pacific Railroad Company History 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. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 615 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 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. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, "Sunset Limited" explores the railroad's development and influence - especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment - and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West. Based on his unprecedented and extensive research into the company's historical archives, Richard Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific Company identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development in the railroad's hinterland.As he traces the complex and shifting intersections between corporate and public interest, Orsi documents the railroad's little-known promotion of land distribution, small-scale farming, scientific agriculture, and less wasteful environmental practices and policies - including water conservation and wilderness and recreational parklands preservation. Meticulously researched, lucidly written, and judiciously balanced, "Sunset Limited" opens a new window onto the American West in a crucial phase of its development and will forever change our perceptions of one of the largest and most important western corporations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Condizione: New. Explores the railroad s development and influence - especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment - and offers a fresh perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the Americ.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'An extraordinary book by a master historian! Orsi demonstrates that the Southern Pacific was not simply a predatory corporation obsessed with maximizing its profits and political power; it had a strong sense of the public good and a devotion to building stable, prosperous communities. This superb book should be required reading for all historians of the West, business, and the environment.'--Donald J. Pisani, author of Water and American Government'This deep and extensive examination of the Southern Pacific's development activities in California will encourage readers to look beyond the overblown rhetoric of the railroad's many political enemies and see afresh its many positive economic accomplishments as it worked to build the Twentieth-Century West. Orsi's presentation is as luminous as it is impressive'--Carlos Schwantes, author of Going Places: Transportation Redefines the Twentieth Century West'This brilliantly researched and beautifully written study of one of America's greatest railroads offers wonderful insights into both transportation and Western history. Orsi places the early history of the Southern Pacific Railroad in proper focus by skillfully untangling the long-standing Octopus myth. This work deserves to be called a landmark in the field.'--H. Roger Grant, author of Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company 'Sunset Limited illuminates not only the workings and ambitions of the Southern Pacific railroad but teaches us a great deal about the late nineteenth and early twentieth century American West as well. This is a wonderful scholarly study: remarkably thorough, ambitious, and gracefully rendered.'--William Deverell, author of Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910.

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