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Sunset Limited : The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 by Richard J. Orsi (2005, Hardcover)

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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.

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520200195
ISBN-13
9780520200197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30778655

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Book Title
Sunset Limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930
Author
Richard J. Orsi
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Railroads / History, Development / Economic Development, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Nature, Transportation, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
637 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
33 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
2004008782
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Sunset Limited will undoubtedly assume a prominent and enduring place among the essential histories of . . . the American West., " Sunset Limited will undoubtedly assume a prominent and enduring place among the essential histories of . . . the American West."-- American Studies Journal
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. "These Mountains Look Too Ugly and I See Too Much Work Ahead": Building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850-1930 2. Men of Vision: Southern Pacific Leaders, Land, Agriculture, and the Development of California and the West PART II: LAND SETTLEMENT 3. "Stand on the Rights of the Company and Make a Square Fight of It": Land-Grant Myths, Conflicts with Government, and Squatterism 4. The Mussel Slough Affair 5. A Land of "Well-tilled Little Farms": Land-Grant Development 6. Promoting the Far West PART III: WATER 7. "The Satisfactory Supply Is Yet Undiscovered": The Southern Pacific as a Pioneer Water Developer 8. Private Irrigation 9. "This Splendid Country Is to Be Reclaimed": Public Irrigation 10. "The Government Is Hard to Deal With": Federal Reclamation PART IV: AGRICULTURE 11. Promoting Scientific Agriculture 12. "The Damndest Railroading You Ever Heard Of": Marketing the Produce of Western Farms PART V: CONSERVATION 13. "Shall This Destruction Proceed?": Wilderness Preservation 14. Conserving Forest and Rangeland Resources Epilogue A Note on Manuscript Sources Notes Abbreviations for Collections and Repositories Index
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-008782
Dewey Decimal
385/.0978
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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