The Battle for Butte
Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3319451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James C Foster, Michael P Malone (San Diego State University) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 453 |
| Publication date | 1982-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/968713 |
| OpenAlex | W1980931363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
IOWAregion out of the depths of economic despair and implement programs which ended the unrestrained depletion of natural resources.Lowitt used a wide range of source material, especially the collections in the Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park and at the Library of Congress.He labored among the massive reports issued by the various cabinet departments and their subagencies.The view which resulted reflects the president's stiidy at Hyde Park, the Oval Office, and the corridors of power in Washington.This is the New Dealer's history written cautiously and with shrewd insight, but often missing is the perception from the West.Little credit is given to state and local governments for initiating projects such as the Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma or the Interstate Oil Compact which reduced the flood of crude oil after Ickes failed to obtain federal control of petroleum output.There are numerous essays and articles available on the individual states in the West during the New Deal as well as a large number of biographies of political figures in the region, and these works could have provided yet another dimension to Lowitt's conclusions.Nevertheless, this is a well-written and thoughtfully argued study which enhances our understanding of the New Deal and the history of the West in the 1930s.Lowitt's carefully considered conclusions based on his work in a wide array of sources illustrate both the extreme complexity of the New Deal and the successes it had in the western states in less than a decade.This is a substantial book which represents a major contribution to American history
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |