The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985

The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985

Author: Donovan L. Hofsommer

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781603441278

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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


Visions of Place

Visions of Place

Author: Zane L. Miller

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780814208595

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These structural shifts involved a variety of familiar nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban phenomena, including not only the switch from suburban village to city neighborhood and the salience of interracial fears but also the rise of formal city planning and conflicts among Protestants, Catholics, and Jews over the future of Clifton's religious and ethnic ambiance.".