Washington Territory

Ficken, Robert E.

Washington State University Press（2002/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780874222616
• DDC分類 979.703

Full Description

Established in 1853, Washington remained a territory for 36 years, until admitted into the Union in 1889. Only three other territories created in the American West after 1850 languished longer in dependent status. Because of a dividing geographical barrier (the Cascade Range) and the lack of adequate internal transportation and communication systems, Washington Territory made no practical sense as a political and economic entity. Western Washington was actually a satellite of San Francisco and Eastern Washington of Portland, until railroads finally were completed along the Columbia River and across the Cascades in the mid 1880s. Essentially, Washington was not "eligible" for statehood until very late in its territorial period when railways unified the region.Though modern scholars have produced worthy biographies and specialized studies for this intriguing period, until now only one previous attempt at a comprehensive history has appeared--H.H. Bancroft's imperfect all-in-one volume, History of Washington, Idaho and Montana (1890). Robert E. Ficken's Washington Territory will long serve as the definitive economic and political history of territorial Washington.

Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction

Chapters
1. The Best Portion of Oregon
2. A Grand Element of National Strength
3. Respect and Consideration
4. The Condition of Affairs
5. The Tyre of the Pacific
6. First Great Want of the People
7. Great Auxiliary Meteors
8. A Stalwart Young Empire
9. Through Years Added to Years

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index