Download or read book Iron Horse Imperialism written by Daniel Lewis and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available in paperback October 2008! The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.Ðowned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. However, as Daniel Lewis discloses in this thoroughly researched investigation of the railroad, it rarely turned a profit. So why, Lewis wonders, did a savvy, money-minded U.S. corporation continue to operate the railroad until it was nationalized by the Mexican government more than a half-century after it was constructed? Iron Horse Imperialism reveals that the relationship between the Mexican government and the Southern Pacific Company was a complex one, complicated by MexicoÕs defeat by U.S. forces in the mid-nineteenth century and by SPÕs failure to understand that it was conducting business in a country whose leaders were ambivalent about its presence. Lewis contends that SP executives, urged on by the media of the day, operated with a reflexive imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business sense. Incorporating information discovered in both Mexican and American archives, some of which was previously unavailable to researchers, this comprehensive book deftly describes the complicated, decades-long dance between oblivious U.S. entrepreneurs and wary Mexican officials. It is a fascinating story.
Download or read book The Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona written by Glen Warren Adams and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arizona s Railroads written by P. R. Griswold and published by American Traveler Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the days of the Wild West, Arizona needed trains to efficiently transport people and products. But building those routes was much tougher than it might seem. Read about the tracks, trains, those who help shaped their course, and their roles today.
Download or read book The Construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad written by Jennie Grace Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California written by Southern Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Matter of the Application of the Southern Pacific Railroad Companies of Arizona and New Mexico for the Appointment of a Commissioner to Examine the Railroads of Said Companies in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico written by Charles H. Tweed and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Southern Pacific 1901 1985 written by Donovan L. Hofsommer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Hofsommer chronicles the twentieth-century history of a transportation giant. Here is a story of divestiture and merger, Sunset Route, and Prosperity Special. " . . . a treasure house of information about the Southern Pacific Company . . . . This book is a joy to read."--Richard C. Overton, from the Foreword
Download or read book Southern Pacific Railroad Company written by Southern Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sunset Limited written by Richard J. Orsi and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, Sunset Limited explores the railroad's development and influence—especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment—and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West. Based on his unprecedented and extensive research into the company's historical archives, Richard Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific Company identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development in the railroad's hinterland. As he traces the complex and shifting intersections between corporate and public interest, Orsi documents the railroad's little-known promotion of land distribution, small-scale farming, scientific agriculture, and less wasteful environmental practices and policies—including water conservation and wilderness and recreational parklands preservation. Meticulously researched, lucidly written, and judiciously balanced, Sunset Limited opens a new window onto the American West in a crucial phase of its development and will forever change our perceptions of one of the largest and most important western corporations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Download or read book In the Matter of the Application of the Southern Pacific Railroad Companies of Arizona and New Mexico for the Appointment of a Commissioner to Examine the Railroad of Said Companies in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico written by Charles H. Tweed and published by . This book was released on 18?? with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Pacific Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Southern Pacific Railroad Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona Asking for Aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad January 21 1867 Ordered to be Printed and Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Texas Pacific Railway Company Vs the Southern Pacific Railroad Company written by New Mexico. District Court (3d District) and published by . This book was released on 188? with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report written by Southern Pacific Company and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
