{"product_id":"9780874222494","title":"Washington Territory","description":"Established in 1853, Washington remained a Territory until admitted into the Union thirty-six years later in 1889. Few other territories in the American West languished longer in dependent status. Because of a dividing geographical barrier (the Cases Range) and the lack of an adequate internal transportation system, Washington Territory made little practical sense as social and economic entity. Western Washington actually was a satellite of San Francisco and Eastern Washington at Portland, until railroads were completed along the Columbia River and, especially, over the Cascades in the mid-1880s. Essentially, Washington was not qualified for statehood until very late in its territorial period when railway tracks finally unified the region. Washington Territory is the first comprehensive one-volume history of its type to appear since 1890. It will long serve as the definitive economic and political history of territorial Washington.  ","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009050853616,"sku":"9780874222494","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874222494_p0.jpg?v=1763847479","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874222494","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}