Profiting from the Plains

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

Autor: Claire Strom

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Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricult...

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Autor

Claire Strom

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2007

Pagini

240

EAN

9780295986630

ISBN

0295986638

Enbook ID

04874657

Editura

University of Washington Press

Greutate

372

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 15

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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 nor 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 firming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill's initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians' goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired.

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