Absentee landowning and exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920 /
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| Author / Creator: | Rasmussen, Barbara, 1947- |
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| Imprint: | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1994. |
| Description: | 222 p. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1685392 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- 7. Champagne Politics: Scrambling for Every Tree, Crushing Every Foe
- 8. 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.