Title Marketing the Frontier in the Northwest Territory: Land Sales, Soils and the Settling of the Great Lakes Region in the 19th Century.

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[Place of publication not identified] : McFarland and Company, Inc. : McFarland, 2020.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"Combining narrative history with data-rich social and economic analysis, this study examines the failure of frontier farms in the antebellum Northwest Territory, where legislatively created markets and poor surveying resulted in massive investment losses for both individual farmers and the national economy. The history of farming in the Great Lakes region is described, with specific focus on the State of Michigan, viewed through a case study of Midland County. Inter and intra-state differences in soil endowments, public and private promoters of site-specific investment opportunities, time trends in settled populations and the experiences of individual investors are covered in detail."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Agriculture and state -- Michigan -- History -- 19th century.
	Agriculture and state.
	Michigan.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Land speculation -- Michigan -- History -- 19th century.
	Land speculation.
	Agriculture and state -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History -- 19th century.
	Land speculation -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History -- 19th century.
	Great Lakes Region.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Original 9781476680675 1476680671 (DLC) 2020017421 (OCoLC)1120696545
ISBN	9781476639062 (electronic book)
	147663906X (electronic book)
	9781476680675
	1476680671

Title Marketing the Frontier in the Northwest Territory: Land Sales, Soils and the Settling of the Great Lakes Region in the 19th Century.

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