| 书目名称 | The Saga of Dakota Territory‘s First Railroad |
| 副标题 | Confirming the Predi |
| 编辑 | Patrick M. Garry |
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| 概述 | Shows nineteenth-century US constitutional history in action.Examines a case study of process of public works in US history in relation to Alexis de Tocqueville and James Madison.Features distinguishe |
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| 描述 | .This book focuses on a key case study in the history of American territories, public works, transportation and the constitutional system of checks and balances. The saga of Yankton County’s attempt to bring the first railroad into Dakota Territory in 1873 covers 25 years of territorial history, leading up to statehood for South Dakota in 1889. Garry investigates the array of unusual facts and occurrences within the story of the Dakota Southern, which was the first railroad stretching into the Territory. Lawsuits worked themselves all the way up to the Supreme Court. The most notorious shooting in the territory occurred in connection with railroad disputes The failure of Yankton to pay interest on the bonds used to finance the railroad—a failure initially prompted by a court injunction against such payment—may have delayed statehood for the entire territory...But the primary focus of this railroad story revolves around the way it highlights the predictions and observations of two of America’s most noted thinkers: Alexis de Tocqueville and James Madison. It shows the tension between Tocqueville’s impressions of the enterprising, risk-taking, and association-minded nature of American |
| 出版日期 | Book 2024 |
| 关键词 | RAILROAD; Dakota; constitution; yankton; public works; legal history; tocqueville; madison; territorial |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71017-9 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-71019-3 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-71017-9 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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