| Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): West, Carroll Van (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803247559 ISBN-13: 9780803247550 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: Focusing on the Clark's Fork Bottom, a twenty-five-mile stretch between present-day Park City and Billings, Montana, this path breaking study examines the successive stages of capitalist development in Billings and the Yellowstone Valley during the nineteenth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 330.978 |
| LCCN: 92015982 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.25" W x 9.27" (1.37 lbs) 297 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Montana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |