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 ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Description:	xv, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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 Region. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9989416

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ISBN:	9780773543676 (bound) 0773543678 (bound)
Notes:	Based on 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. Issued also in electronic format.
Other form:	Naylor, Elaine, 1943-, author. Frontier boosters.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
Preface
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," bur. 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
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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