Boosters, Hustlers, and Speculators: Entrepreneurial Culture and the Rise of Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1849-1883
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873515102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Boosters, Hustlers, and Speculators shares the successes and failures of a host of colorful characters who saw in the Twin Cities opportunities for financial gain and regional fame: early fur trader Norman Kittson, who built a lucrative trading network reaching to the Red River Valley; speculator Franklin Steele, who over-reached at the Falls of St. Paul had emerged as a mercantile, banking, and railroading center, and Minneapolis had matured into the world's largest flour-milling center. Anthony and was virtually bankrupt after the panic of 1857; milling visionary William D. Nearby was Fort Snelling, its soldiers charged with keeping peace in the wilderness, its territory later transferred to the burgeoning settlement at Minneapolis. Paul–Minneapolis the region's undisputed business, political, and educational center.Historian Jocelyn Wills offers a business and entrepreneurial study of the Twin Cities during its early years, with particular focus on the individuals who took chances on and promoted the Cities' development. Paul as the region's leading manufacturing, banking, and transportation center. Less than four decades later, St. The story of how this came to
She earned her M.A. Jocelyn Wills is an assistant professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Her work has appeared in Essays in Economic and Business History, Journal of Social History and Journal of the West.. from Texas A&M University and her B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Britis
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She earned her M.A. from the University of British Columbia. from Texas A&M University and her B.A. and Ph.D. About the AuthorJocelyn Wills is an assistant professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Her work has appeared in Essays in Economic and Business History, Journal of Social History and Journal of the West.