Hur blev Kalifornien en av de mest progressiva av alla amerikanska delstater?
En bra länk ger en bakgrund.
The powerful Southern Pacific Railroad dominated California at the turn of the century. In San Francisco and Los Angeles, municipal corruption was rampant, and tensions between capital and labor threatened to escalate into violence. However, during the first two decades of the 20th century, vigorous reformers challenged the power of the railroad and successfully passed a dramatic set of badly needed reforms, attempting to promote good government and democracy and soothe class conflict.
Vad som är intressant är järnvägbolagens stora inflytande kring det förra sekelskiftet. Man skulle kanske ha trott att sjöfarten skulle ha dominerat, men så var det alltså inte.
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