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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Table of Contents:
- 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