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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 of outside domination of the region that commenced before the American Revolution, creating a legacy of hardship that continues to plague Appalachia today. The owners and exploiters of the region have included Lord Fairfax, George Washington, and, most recently, the U.S. Forest Service. The overarching con. |
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| Subject |
Land use -- West Virginia -- History.
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Land use. |
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West Virginia. |
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History. |
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Land tenure -- West Virginia -- History.
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Land tenure. |
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Absentee landlordism -- West Virginia -- History.
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Absentee landlordism. |
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Absentee landlordism West Virginia History |
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Land tenure West Virginia History |
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Land use West Virginia History |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Rasmussen, Barbara. Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813118802 |
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9780813149356 (electronic book) |
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0813149355 (electronic book) |
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