Taniguchi Nancy (44 results)

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 319pp. Index. Light wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Book and dust jacket have very light wear. Illustrated with b & w photos, one chart and one map. Includes extensive notes, bibliography and index. Book traces the intense legal struggle between the feds, state and local governments, railroads and the coal interests over how the diminishing public domain lands would be controlled. Taniguchi "uncovers the workings of judges and politicians, big business and bureaucracy" and gives evidence that shows President Teddy R. to be not the big trust buster as he is less and less portrayed as time goes on. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author. Text is clean. Book and DJ show virtually no wear. DJ placed inside protective archival sleeve. ; From dust jacket flap: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the State of Utah was the federal choice for what was intended to be a definitive antitrust suit aimed at quelling the power of western railroads over coal lands in the diminishing public domain. The government did not achieve this primary objective, but through decades of litigation it did force the passage of a realistic coal-land law and develop precedents for its application. Using century-old photographs and copious documentation, Nancy J. Taniguchi creates a legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn-of-the-century coal fields that intertwines national, regional, and local events. Necessary Fraud transcends parachialism to become a compelling exposition on the era of progressive reform. ; Legal History of North America; Vol. 3; 336 pages; Signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine/near fine, used, 1 st printing, gray colored slick paper over boards, purple text on spine, purple colored end papers, vii-xvi, 319pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubvbing to dj, no chips or tears, corners not rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing (Review copy). Grey textured covers in a grey pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 319 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cover has some light edge and corner wear.; This is American history told through the stories of an atypical, for Utah, region. Castle Valley is roughly conterminous with two counties, Carbon and Emery, which together formed a rural, industrial enclave in a mostly desert environment behind the mountain range that borders Utah's principal corridor of settlement. In Castle Valley, coal mining and the railroad attracted diverse, multi ethnic communities and a fair share of historic characters, from Butch Cassidy, who stole its largest payroll, to Mother Jones, who helped organize its workers against its mining companies. Among the last major segments of the state to be settled, it was also a generally poor region that stretched the capabilities of people to scratch a living from a harsh landscape. The people of Castle Valley experienced complex, unusual combinations of both social cohesion and conflict, but they struggled through poverty, labor disputes, major mining disasters, and other challenges to build communities whose stories reflected the historical course of the nation as a whole. In order to convey her subject's both unique and representative qualities, Nancy Taniguchi has written an epic history that is not just local history, but American history written locally.; 6" x 9"; 380 pages;

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 319 pages; The dust jacket as well as the book are both well taken care of.

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. y. Norman. 2016. October 2016. University of Oklahoma Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780806153988. 6 x 9. 27 b&w illus., 1 map. October 2016. hardcover. keywords: History America. DESCRIPTION - The California gold rush of 1849 created fortunes for San Francisco merchants, whose wealth depended on control of the city's docks. But ownership of waterfront property was hotly contested. In an 1856 dispute over land titles, an outspoken newspaperman shot a county official, prompting a group of merchants to organize the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The committee, which met in secret, fed biased stories to the newspapers, depicting itself as a necessary substitute for incompetent law enforcement. But its actual purpose was quite different. In Dirty Deeds, historian Nancy J. Taniguchi draws on the 1856 Committee's minutes - long lost until she unearthed them - to present the first clear picture of its actions and motivations. San Francisco's real estate comprised a patchwork of land grants left from the Spanish and Mexican governments - grants that had been appropriated and sold over and over. Even after the establishment of a federal board in 1851 to settle the complicated California claims, land titles remained confused, and most of the land in the city belonged to no one. The acquisition of key waterfront properties in San Francisco by an ambitious politician motivated the thirty-odd merchants who called themselves the Executives of the Vigilance Committee to go directly after these parcels. Despite the organization's assertion of working on behalf of law and order, its tacticskidnapping, forced deportations, and even murderwent far beyond the bounds of law. For more than a century, scholars have accepted the vigilantes' self-serving claims to honorable motives. Dirty Deeds tells the real story, in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging far beyond San Francisco, the 1856 Vigilance Committee's activities affected events on the East Coast, in Central America, and in courts throughout the United States even after the Civil War. inventory #47675.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The California gold rush of 1849 created fortunes for San Francisco merchants, whose wealth depended on control of the city's docks. But ownership of waterfront property was hotly contested. In an 1856 dispute over land titles, a county official shot an outspoken newspaperman, prompting a group of merchants to organize the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The committee, which met in secret, fed biased stories to the newspapers, depicting itself as a necessary substitute for incompetent law enforcement. But its actual purpose was quite different. In Dirty Deeds, historian Nancy J. Taniguchi draws on the 1856 Committee's minutes-long lost until she unearthed them-to present the first clear picture of its actions and motivations. San Francisco's real estate comprised a patchwork of land grants left from the Spanish and Mexican governments-grants that had been appropriated and sold over and over. Even after the establishment of a federal board in 1851 to settle the complicated California claims, land titles remained confused, and most of the land in the city belonged to no one. The acquisition of key waterfront properties in San Francisco by an ambitious politician motivated the thirty-odd merchants who called themselves "the Executives" of the Vigilance Committee to go directly after these parcels. Despite the organization's assertion of working on behalf of law and order, its tactics-kidnapping, forced deportations, and even murder-went far beyond the bounds of law. For more than a century, scholars have accepted the vigilantes' self-serving claims to honorable motives. Dirty Deeds tells the real story, in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging far beyond San Francisco, the 1856 Vigilance Committee's activities affected events on the East Coast, in Central America, and in courts throughout the United States even after the Civil War.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 318 pages. 9.01x6.01x1.04 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 319pp Illus "Progressive Reform and Utah Coal.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to prior owner on title page. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. From the dust jacket "In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the State of Utah was the federal choice for what was intended to be a definitive antitrust suit aimed at quelling the power of western railroads over coal lands in the diminishing public domain. . . a legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn-of-the-century coal fields that intertwines national, regional, and local events. Necessary Fraud transcends parachialism to become a compelling exposition on the era of progressive reform. . . [which] reveals for the first time the depth of involvement of both the state of Utah and the Mormon Church in the land frauds." Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Volume Three in the series Legal History of North America. Map, photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. xvi, 319 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 318 pages. 9.01x6.01x1.04 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Good Condition. Has a small amount of writing/highlighting. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!