Carlos A Schwantes

Biographic Data

ID3605948
NAMECarlos A Schwantes
GIVEN NAMESCarlos A
FAMILY NAMESchwantes
SIGNATURESCHWANTES C A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Idaho
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX1

  • The Fate of Labour Socialism: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Dream of a Working-Class Future by James Naylor

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLELabor Studies in Working-Class…2017

    Books that include the word “fate” in their title usually explore some sort of devolution, and this one is no exception. In The Fate of Labour Socialism the devolution takes place during a span of approximately fifteen years—from a high point for the Canadian Left at the Regina Convention in July 1933 to the more moderate message of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation during the conformist era of World War II and the Cold War.The Winnipeg Gen…

  • Hop King: Ezra Meeker’s Boom Years. By Dennis M. Larsen

    Carlos Schwantes, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2017

    Ezra Meeker is best known as one of the Pacific Northwest’s most colorful pioneers, an emigrant who first ventured west to future Washington Territory in 1852 via the Oregon Trail, a journey he repeated several times during his ninty-eight years in order to call public attention to the historic route. This is not the portion of Meeker’s long life that Dennis Larsen presents in Hop King: Ezra Meeker’s Boom Years. However, Hop King is in its own wa…

  • Richard H. Frost. The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880–1930

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEThe American Historical Review2016

    If ever there was a railroad that could be called “charming,” it was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Though the original Santa Fe Railway is now part of Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) railroad empire, its name achieved an enduring measure of fame through the 1944 hit song by Johnny Mercer, and its beautifully appointed trains inspired countless buffs, not the least of whom was Walt Disney, a li…

  • Pacific Connections: The Making of the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEJournal of American History2013

    Journal Article Pacific Connections: The Making of the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands Get access Pacific Connections: The Making of the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands. By Kornel S. Chang. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. xvi, 271 pp. Cloth, $65.00. Paper, $29.95.) Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Missouri–St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…

  • Out of Steam: Dieselization and American Railroads, 1920–1960 (review)

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLETechnology and Culture2012

    Reviewed by: Out of Steam: Dieselization and American Railroads, 1920–1960 Carlos A. Schwantes (bio) Out of Steam: Dieselization and American Railroads, 1920–1960. By Jeffrey W. Schramm. Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University Press, 2010. Pp. 338. $65. As a youngster growing up in central Indiana in the 1950s, I watched without fully comprehending the conversion of the Pennsylvania Railroad from steam to diesel. Now, thanks to Jeffrey Schramm’s highly…

  • The Tootin' Louie: A History of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (review)

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLETechnology and Culture2006

    Reviewed by: The Tootin’ Louie: A History of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Carlos A. Schwantes (bio) The Tootin’ Louie: A History of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. By Don L. Hofsommer. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. Pp. xvi+374. $74.95/$39.95. The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was in every way a modest success, a term that could likewise be applied to other marginal carriers of the Midwest and East Coast. Th…

  • Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEThe Public Historian2006

    Book Review| January 01 2006 Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005 by WALT CROWLEY and KIT OLDHAM. Lynnwood, WA: HistoryLink/University of Washington Press, 2005; 127 pp., appendices; clothbound, $12.95. CARLOS A. SCHWANTES CARLOS A. SCHWANTES University of Missouri-St. Louis Se…

  • The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter (review)

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLETechnology and Culture2005

    Reviewed by: The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter Carlos Schwantes (bio) The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter. By Bruce MacGregor. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2003. Pp. x+673. $79.95. One fascinating episode in the history of railroads is the battle of the gauges waged in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s, w…

  • Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

    Carlos A Schwantes, Linda CarlsonARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2004

    Journal Article Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest Get access Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest. By Carlson Linda. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. viii + 286 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $22.50, paper.) Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Missouri—St. Louis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 4, Win…

  • The Railroad Passenger Car: An Illustrated History of the First Hundred Years, with Accounts by Contemporary Passengers (review)

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLETechnology and Culture2002

    When the first edition of August Mencken's The Railroad Passenger Car appeared in 1957, it was an important book for several reasons. Its publication by Johns Hopkins University Press helped to boost further the academic credentials of the field of railroad history, which at the time remained dominated by hobbyists and buffs, many of them dedicated researchers and skillful writers who produced an enormous and useful body of popular literature. Me…

  • Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2002

    Book Review| April 01 2002 Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930 Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930, Gunther Peck. Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2002) 21 (3): 116–118. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502878 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share…

  • The Case of the Missing Century, or Where Did the American West Go After 1900

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEPacific Historical Review2001References: 2

    Research Article| February 01 2001 The Case of the Missing Century, or Where Did the American West Go After 1900? Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2001) 70 (1): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2001.70.1.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedI…

  • Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920

    Carlos A Schwantes, David VaughtARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875–1920. By David Vaught. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. xii, 280 pp. $38.00, ISBN 0-8018-6221-3.) Get access Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Page 236, https://doi.org…

  • Vision & Enterprise: Exploring the History of Phelps Dodge Corporation

    Charles W Cheape, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2001

    Journal Article Vision & Enterprise: Exploring the History of Phelps Dodge Corporation Get access Vision & Enterprise: Exploring the History of Phelps Dodge Corporation. By Schwantes Carlos A.. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000. xxix + 464 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $60.00.) Charles W. Cheape Charles W. Cheape Loyola College in Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wes…

  • Mental Territories: Mapping the Inland Empire

    Carlos A Schwantes, Katherine G MorrisseyARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1998

    Journal Article Mental Territories: Mapping the Inland Empire Get access Mental Territories: Mapping the Inland Empire. By Morrissey Katherine G.. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. ix + 220 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $45.00, cloth; $18.95, paper.) Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 4, …

  • The Organic Machine

    Carlos A Schwantes, Richard M WhiteREVIEWWestern Historical Quarterly1996

    Journal Article The Organic Machine Get access The Organic Machine. By White Richard. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. xi + 130 pp. Map, bibliographical essay, index. $17.95.) Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 1, Spring 1996, Page 75, https://doi.org/10.2307/969922 Published: 01 February 1996

  • Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest

    Don L Hofsommer, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest. By Carlos A. Schwantes. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. 359 pp. $50.00, ISBN 0-295-97210-6.) Get access Don L. Hofsommer Don L. Hofsommer St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 4, March 1995, Page 1771, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081780 Publ…

  • Encounters with a Distant Land: Exploration and the Great Northwest

    E Richard Hart, Carlos A Schwantes et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1995

    Journal Article Encounters with a Distant Land: Exploration and the Great Northwest Get access Encounters with a Distant Land: Exploration and the Great Northwest. Edited by Schwantes Carlos A. Pickett Evelyne Stitt. (Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1994. xii + 220 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $31.95.) E. Richard Hart E. Richard Hart Institute of the North American West, Seattle, WA Search for other works by this author…

  • Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest

    Peter S Morris, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1994

    Journal Article Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest Get access Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest. By Schwantes Carlos A.. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. 359 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $50.00.) Peter S. Morris Peter S. Morris University of Wisconsin-Madison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, …

  • Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier

    Fredric L Quivik, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

  • History of the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Northwest

    Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEJournal of American History1993

  • Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier

    Phil Mellinger, Carlos A Schwantes et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1993

    Journal Article Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier Get access Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier. Edited by Schwantes Carlos A., with the assistance of Tom Vaughan. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. xv + 145 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $40.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.) Phil Mellinger Phil Mellinger El Paso, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quart…

  • In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho

    Ronald H Limbaugh, Carlos A Schwantes et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1992

    Journal Article In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho and Idaho's Constitution: The Tie That Binds Get access In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho. By Schwantes Carlos A.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. xii + 292 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)Idaho's Constitution: The Tie That Binds. By Colson Dennis C.. (Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1991. xi + 288 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, ind…

  • The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History

    F Ross Peterson, Carlos A SchwantesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1990

    Journal Article The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History Get access The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History. By Schwantes Carlos A.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. xxi + 427 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95, cloth; $15.95, paper.) F. Ross Peterson F. Ross Peterson Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western H…

  • Oklahoma Populism: A History of the People's Party in the Oklahoma Territory

    Carlos A Schwantes, Worth Robert MillerARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    Journal Article Oklahoma Populism: A History of the People's Party in the Oklahoma Territory. By Worth Robert Miller. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. xiii + 280 pp. $22.50.) Get access Carlos A. Schwantes Carlos A. Schwantes University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 4, March 1989, Page 1345, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908716 Published: 01 M…