Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920 (Nebraska Symposium on Motivation; 41)
"A thought-provoking and frequently insightful work that will contribute significantly to the ongoing scholarly debate concerning the roots of Appalachian dependency." -- Journal of Appalachian Studies"The book is consistently and appropriately engaged in present-day political concerns and ends with a prescription to revise West Virginia tax codes. Both activists and scholars can benefit from Rasmussen's research." -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society