Homesteading the Plains

Homesteading the Plains
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780803296794
ISBN-13 : 0803296797
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Book Synopsis Homesteading the Plains by : Richard Edwards

Download or read book Homesteading the Plains written by Richard Edwards and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "​A study that draws on a new dataset to reexamine established critical interpretations of the Homestead Act, including the overall success of homesteading, fraudulent claims, Indian land dispossession, the participation of women in homesteading, and the formation of both farms and communities in the homesteading process"--


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