Harvey Wasserman's History of the United StatesHarper & Row, 1975 - 262 pages |
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... West coast the Central Pacific Ring of Leland Stanford , Collis Huntington , Mark Hopkins , and Charles Crocker domi- nated the economic life of California through their control of “ the Octopus " -the state's railroad and steamship ...
... West coast the Central Pacific Ring of Leland Stanford , Collis Huntington , Mark Hopkins , and Charles Crocker domi- nated the economic life of California through their control of “ the Octopus " -the state's railroad and steamship ...
Page 63
... West . In the 1850s another wave of settlers stood poised to occupy the last farm frontier , the Great Plains west of the Mississippi . The land would be divided among the homesteaders that farmed and built homes on it . But the South ...
... West . In the 1850s another wave of settlers stood poised to occupy the last farm frontier , the Great Plains west of the Mississippi . The land would be divided among the homesteaders that farmed and built homes on it . But the South ...
Page 64
... west . The hinges are of leather and the windows have no glass While the board roof lets the howling blizzards in , And I hear the hungry coyote as he slinks through the grass , Round my little old sod shanty on my claim . My clothes ...
... west . The hinges are of leather and the windows have no glass While the board roof lets the howling blizzards in , And I hear the hungry coyote as he slinks through the grass , Round my little old sod shanty on my claim . My clothes ...
Contents
The Robber Barons | 3 |
The People | 52 |
The Revolt of the Farmers | 61 |
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