| Description |
vii, 333 pages 22 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Summary |
"Collected here, with an introduction. are nine important essays by the leading authority on public land questions. Published in widely scattered sources between 1935 and 1962, they show how America's national land system functioned in the prairie states before the Homestead Act was adopted in 1862. Revised and brought up to date, the essays trace the development of policies governing the administration and alienation of the public lands of the United States and describe the kinds of ownership patterns that emerged, the uses to which the lands have been put, and the ways they have been exploited."--Book jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tenants of the log cabin -- The role of the land speculator in western development -- Southern investments in northern lands before the Civil War -- Land policy and tenancy in the prairie counties of Indiana -- Land policy and tenancy in the prairie states -- Hoosier cattle kings -- Cattle kings in the prairies -- Frontier landlords and pioneer tenants -- Frontier estate builders and farm laborers. |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Middle West -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West.
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Public lands -- Middle West -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
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Land tenure. (OCoLC)fst00991362
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Public lands. (OCoLC)fst01082573
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Middle West. (OCoLC)fst01240052
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Studies in American land policy |
| ISBN |
080140763X |
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9780801407635 |
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