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Author Igler, David, 1964-

Title Industrial cowboys : Miller & Lux and the transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 / David Igler
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Industrial Cowboys in the Far West; 1. The San Joaquin Valley; 2. Laying the Foundation; 3. Privatizing the San Joaquin Landscape in the 1870s; 4. Lux v. Haggin; 5. Laboring on the Land; 6. Confronting New Environments at the Century's Turn; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This text uses the example of Henry Miller and Charles Lux, two San Francisco butchers who turned themselves into landed industrialists, to illuminate the industrial and environmental transformation of the American West
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Miller & Lux -- History
SUBJECT Miller & Lux fast
Subject Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- History
Animal industry -- West (U.S.) -- History
Packing-houses -- West (U.S.) -- History
Land use -- West (U.S.) -- History
Water rights -- West (U.S.) -- History
Big business -- West (U.S.) -- History
Industrialization -- West (U.S.) -- History
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Animal industry
Big business
Cattle trade
Industrialization
Land use
Packing-houses
Water rights
West United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520938939
0520938933
0585390185
9780585390185
0520226585
9780520226586
1597346764
9781597346764