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Sunset Limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930.
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; list of illustrations; preface; acknowledgments; 1 "These Mountains Look Too Ugly and I See Too Much Work Ahead"; 2 Men of Vision: Southern Pacific Leaders, Land, Agriculture, and the Development of California and the West; 3 "Stand on the Rights of the Company and Make a Square Fight of It"; 4 The Mussel Slough Affair; 5 A Land of "Well-tilled Little Farms"; 6 Promoting the Far West; 7 "The Satisfactory Supply Is Yet Undiscovered"; 8 "A Great Encouragement for Others"; 9 "This Splendid Country Is to Be Reclaimed"; 10 "The Government Is Hard to Deal With."