Profiting from the Plains: The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West

by Claire Strom

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295986638
• ISBN13: 9780295986630
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher