An Agricultural History of the Genesee Valley, 1790-1860 / / Neil Adams McNall.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1952]
©1952
Year of Publication:1952
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Contents --
Maps --
I. The Background of Settlement --
II. Land Agents and their Operations --
III. Acquisition of Land Title --
IV. The Beginnings of Farm Tenancy in the Genesee --
V. The Settlement of the Genesee Valley --
VI. Agriculture in the Pre-Canal Period --
VII. Pre-Canal Transportation and Marketing --
VIII. Wheat in the Farming of the Genesee --
IX. Livestock Raising in the Genesee --
Χ. Diversification and Improvement --
XI. Agencies for Agricultural Education --
XII. Lumbering and Agriculture in the Southern Tier --
XIII. Shifting Patterns of Farm Tenancy, 1840-1860 --
XIV. Agricultural Credit within the Genesee, 1830-1860 --
XV. The Condition of the Farmer in the Genesee, 1840-1860 --
XVI. Conclusion --
Tables --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781512818031
9783110442526
DOI:10.9783/9781512818031
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Neil Adams McNall.