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Profiting from the plains : the Great Northern Railway and corporate development of the American West /

"Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the Great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strom, Claire
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Trial and error, 1878-1893
  • Cooperation and Success, 1893-1902
  • "The nation's future," 1902-1907
  • Conflict and disillusion, 1907-1912
  • Isolation and expertise, 1907-1912
  • Retirement and retreat, 1912-1916
  • "The voice of the northwest."