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Eastern Workingmen and National Land Policy, 1829-1862 /

Examines the attitude of the Eastern working-men towards the national land policy during the half century preceding the Civil War. Specifically examines the organized labor and public lands, the evolution of national reform, national reform in politics, land policies and congressional discussions, a...

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Autor principal: Zahler, Helene Sara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1941]
Colección:Columbia University Studies in the History of American Agriculture ; 7
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editors' Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Organized Labor and the Public Lands, 1829-1837
  • III. The Evolution of National Reform
  • IV. National Reform Propaganda and Its Results
  • V. Organized Labor and the Public Lands, 1837-1862
  • VI. National Reform in Politics
  • VII. Land Policies and the Worker in Congressional Discussion, 1826-1846
  • VIII. Homestead: The Preliminary Period, 1846-1851
  • IX. Homestead: The Period of Republican Acceptance, 1854-1862
  • X. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index