Homesteading the Plains : Toward a New History /

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"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrativ...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Edwards, Richard, 1944- (Auteur), Wingo, Rebecca S. (Auteur), Friefeld, Jacob K. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Land tenure > Law and legislation.
Homestead law.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Biens de famille (Droit) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Land tenure > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Homestead law > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Competing Visions of Our Homesteading Past
  • 2. Recalculating Homesteading's Reach and Success
  • 3. Evolving Views on Homesteading Fraud
  • 4. Estimating the Extent of Fraud
  • 5. Homesteading and Indian Land Dispossession
  • 6. Women Proving Up Their Claims
  • 7. Mapping Community Formation
  • 8. Envisioning a New History of Homesteading
  • Appendix 1: An Annotated Review of GLO Circulars,1862-1904
  • Appendix 2: Sources for Chapter 5 Graphs and Maps
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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