Landlords and tenants on the prairie frontier
Subtitle: studies in American land policy
By: by Paul W. Gates.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Ithaca [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Land tenure -- Middle West -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West; Public lands -- Middle West -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Tenants of the log cabin.; title: The role of the land speculator in western development.; title: Southern investments in northern lands before the Civil War.; title: Land policy and tenancy in the prairie counties of Indiana.; title: Land policy and tenancy in the prairie states.; title: Hoosier cattle kings.; title: Cattle kings in the prairies.; title: Frontier landlords and pioneer tenants.; title: Frontier estate builders and farm laborers.