Richard J. Orsi
Auteur van Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930
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Richard Orsi is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, East Bay
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Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 (2005) 89 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXX, Number 3, Fall 1991 (1991) 4 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXII, Number 1, Spring 1993 (1993) 4 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXIV, Number 4, Winter 1995/96 (1995) 4 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXI, Number 2, Summer 1992 (1992) 3 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXVI, Number 4, Winter 1997/98 (1998) 3 exemplaren
CALIFORNIA HISTORY: The Magazine of the California Historical Society (Volume LXXVIII, Fall 1999, No. 3) (1999) 3 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXVIII, Number 4, Winter 1989/90 (1989) 3 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXII, Number 3, Fall 1993 (1993) 2 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXVII, Number 2, Summer 1998 2 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXVIII, Number 1/2, Spring/Summer 1989 (1989) 2 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXIV, Number 3, Fall 1995 2 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXVI, 1997 Supplement (1997) 2 exemplaren
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society: Volume LXXVIII, Number 1, Spring 1999 (1999) 2 exemplaren
California History: Volume 70: Spring 1991 1 exemplaar
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Professor Orsi paints a picture of an enlightened, almost paternal, company (except during the Harriman years) that sought to improve the lot of the settlers to whom it sold land plots; by providing irrigation schemes that were often gifted to their communities once the S.P. had established them; that recognised pre-existing landholders on land that formed part of the company's grant from Federal govennment; that helped to promote the business of the states in which it operated even when state legislatures did not promote themselves, often at no cost to those legislatures; that developed agriculture in its areas of operation.
It dedicates a chapter to the Mussel Slough Incident, placing the blame at the feet of the, illegal, settlers and stating that the company offered repeatedly to settle the matter peacefully with them.
What it does NOT do is cover the operations or equipment of the company; for that Beebe or Signor are better sources.
Overall, this book is a superb study of a corporate entity that has long since been swallowed up by what I regard as a predator. Read it in conjuction with Don.L. Hofsommer's book on the same railroad.… (meer)