Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century - Couverture rigide

West, Carroll Van

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0803247559 ISBN 13 : 9780803247550

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1993

Synopsis

Focusing on the Clark's Fort Bottom, a twenty-five-mile stretch between present-day Park City and Billings, Montana, this pathbreaking study examines the successive stages of capitalist development in Billings and the Yellowstone Valley during the nineteenth century. From the subsistence and barter economy of the Native Americans, through the fur trade era and the settlers' introduction of a market economy, the introduction of industrial capitalism by the Northern Pacific Railroad, and the increasing influence of corporate capitalism in the latter part of the century, Carroll Van West shows how each stage affected the relationships and choices shared by the local inhabitants.

By setting local events in a broader context, West not only illuminates the circumstances unique to the Yellowstone Valley but sheds new light on a central issue of western history: the interaction of local, regional, and national economies and the influence of corporate decisions made in the east on western settlement and urban development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carroll Van West is an assistant professor and project coordinator for the Center for Historical Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author of A Traveler's Companion to Montana History and Images of Billings: A Photographic History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803247559
• ISBN 13: 9780803247550
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 297
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible