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020 $a0295983485 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHE2791.G775$bS77 2003
082 00 $a385/.0978/09041$221
100 1 $aStrom, Claire.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003102554
245 10 $aProfiting from the plains :$bthe Great Northern Railway and corporate development of the American West /$cClaire Strom.
260 $aSeattle, Wash. :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $ax, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-214) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tTrial and Error, 1878-1893 -- $g3.$tCooperation and Success, 1893-1902 -- $g4.$t"The Nation's Future," 1902-1907 -- $g5.$tConflict and Disillusion, 1907-1912 -- $g6.$tIsolation and Expertise, 1907-1912 -- $g7.$tRetirement and Retreat, 1912-1916 -- $g8.$t"The Voice of the Northwest"
520 1 $a"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 to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming." "This story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill's agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history."--BOOK JACKET.
610 20 $aGreat Northern Railway Company (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aRailroads$zGreat Plains$xHistory.
600 10 $aHill, James J.$q(James Jerome),$d1838-1916.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035153
650 0 $aBusinessmen$zGreat Plains$vBiography.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zGreat Plains$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xEconomic conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146149
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1865-1918.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140022
852 0 $boff,bus$hHE2791.G775$iS77 2003