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Capitalism on the Frontier - Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
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Capitalism on the Frontier - Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
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Focusing on the Clark's Fort Bottom, a twenty-five-mile stretch
between present-day Park City and Billings, Montana, this
pathbreaking study examines the successive stages of capitalist
development in Billings and the Yellowstone Valley during the
nineteenth century. From the subsistence and barter economy of the
Native Americans, through the fur trade era and the settlers'
introduction of a market economy, the introduction of industrial
capitalism by the Northern Pacific Railroad, and the increasing
influence of corporate capitalism in the latter part of the
century, Carroll Van West shows how each stage affected the
relationships and choices shared by the local inhabitants.
By setting local events in a broader context, West not only
illuminates the circumstances unique to the Yellowstone Valley but
sheds new light on a central issue of western history: the
interaction of local, regional, and national economies and the
influence of corporate decisions made in the east on western
settlement and urban development.
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