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The City Of Destiny’S Darkest Hour: Tacoma And The Depression Of The 1890s, Ian W. Clogston
The City Of Destiny’S Darkest Hour: Tacoma And The Depression Of The 1890s, Ian W. Clogston
History Undergraduate Theses
The Panic of 1893 and subsequent economic depression was significantly detrimental to the economy of Tacoma, Washington. This work details the economic growth in the years preceding the Panic of 1893 in Tacoma as well as the effects the Depression of the 1890s had on Tacoma’s economy, including the numerous business and banking failures, a lack of employment, lack of money, and the miseries of the community’s life during the depression.
High Noon On The Western Range: A Property Rights Analysis Of The Johnson County War, Doug Wills, Randy Mcferrin
High Noon On The Western Range: A Property Rights Analysis Of The Johnson County War, Doug Wills, Randy Mcferrin
Business Publications
Wyoming's Johnson County War of 1892 is the historical basis of later popular depictions of the West as violent, and it influenced the development of Wyoming. Many see this era as the end of the open range system and the ascendancy of stock ranching and farming. Popular depiction argues that the event was an act of vigilantism of large foreign-owned firms against small individual settlers. We argue that the war was a conflict of property rights systems and use a model developed by Alston, Libecap, and Mueller to explain why violence broke out in Johnson County in 1892.
Review Of "The First American Frontier: Transition To Capitalism In Southern Appalachia, 1700-1860,"By W.A. Dunaway, Mike Allen
SIAS Faculty Publications
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