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Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920.

Absentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development. Rasmussen untangles a web...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rasmussen, Barbara, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Imperial Politics: Early Speculators and the Leather Stocking Assault upon Virginia's Transmontane; 2 Settler Politics: Jostling for Place and Power in the Brand-New West; 3 Backcountry Politics: Planter Economics and Frustrations in the West; 4 Robber Baron Politics: Tax Breaks for Industry and Legislated Defeat for Western Residents; 5 Pufferbilly Politics: Coal Dust, Sawdust, and Cinders on the Farmland; 6 Farmer Politics: Life and Work with and without Coal, with and without Absentees. 
505 8 |a 7 Champagne Politics: Scrambling for Every Tree, Crushing Every Foe8 Reform Politics: Tariff Woes and West Virginia's Backwoods Campaign; 9 Pulp and Paper Politics: Swashbuckling through the Forest and Poaching the Game; 10 Federal Politics: Conservation, Reforestation, and Economic Gridlock; 11 Ptolemaic Politics: Copernican Thinking and Changing the Political Paradigms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 
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