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BL
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996854
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b751224
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| Main Entry
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Orsi, Richard J.
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| Title & Author
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Sunset limited : : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 /\ Richard J. Orsi.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkley :: University of California Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0520200195
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: 0520940865
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: 1423700074
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: 1598755404
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: 9780520200197
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: 9780520940864
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: 9781423700074
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: 9781598755404
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-588) and index.
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| Contents
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Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources.
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The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world.
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Southern Pacific Company-- History.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company-- History.
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Southern Pacific Company.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
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Land use-- West (U.S.)-- History.
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Railroads-- California-- History.
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Water resources development-- West (U.S.)
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Ecology.
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Economic history.
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Land use.
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Railroads.
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TRANSPORTATION-- Railroads-- History.
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Water resources development.
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Spoorwegen.
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Spoorwegmaatschappijen.
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West (U.S.), Economic conditions, 19th century.
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West (U.S.), Economic conditions, 20th century.
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West (U.S.), Environmental conditions, History.
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California.
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West United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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385/.0978
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| LC Classification
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TF25.S68O77 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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15.85bcl
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