Frontier boosters : Port Townsend and the culture of development in the American West, 1850-1895 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Naylor, Elaine, 1943- author.
Imprint:	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	City promotion -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend -- History -- 19th century. City promotion -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Region -- History -- 19th century. Economic development -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend -- History -- 19th century. Economic development -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Region -- History -- 19th century. Urbanization -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend -- History -- 19th century. Urbanization -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Region -- History -- 19th century. City promotion. Economic development. Economic history. Social conditions Urbanization. Port Townsend (Wash.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. Port Townsend (Wash.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Puget Sound Region (Wash.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. Puget Sound Region (Wash.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Washington (State) -- Port Townsend. Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Region. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11754196

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ISBN:	9780773591882 0773591885 9780773591899 0773591893 9780773543676 0773543678
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--York University, 1999, under title: It's going to be a place of commercial importance : frontier boosterism in Jefferson County, Washington, 1850-1890. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Frontier boosters.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Culture of Development on the Frontier: Boosterism, Class, and Race, 1850-1895
1 Euro-American Settlement and Economic Development, 1850-1870
2 Port Townsend: "A Resort for 'Beachcombers' and Outlaws"
3 Booster Activism: Jefferson County, 1860-1880
4 "The Great Notoriety of That Place": Reputation and Development in Jefferson County, 1858-1890
5 "The Chinese Must Go," but in a Reputable Way: Development, Jefferson County, and Anti-Chinese Activism, 1870-1890
Conclusion: "Times [Got] Worse Instead of Getting Better": The End of Frontier Boosterism
Appendix: Statistical Information.

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