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050	0	0	_aKF5670 _b.E39 2017
082	0	0	_a344.73/06363583 _223
084			_aHIS036140 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aEdwards, Richard, _d1944-
245	1	0	_aHomesteading the plains : _btoward a new history / _cRichard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld, and Rebecca S. Wingo.
264		1	_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _c[2017]
300			_axii, 253 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrative and most scholars' harshly negative and dismissive treatment. Homesteading the Plains reexamines old data and draws from newly available digitized records to reassess the current interpretation's four principal tenets: homesteading was a minor factor in farm formation, with most Western farmers purchasing their land; most homesteaders failed to prove up their claims; the homesteading process was rife with corruption and fraud; and homesteading caused Indian land dispossession. Using data instead of anecdotes and focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, Homesteading the Plains demonstrates that the first three tenets are wrong and the fourth only partially true. In short, the public's perception of homesteading is perhaps more accurate than the one scholars have constructed. Homesteading the Plains provides the basis for an understanding of homesteading that is startlingly different from current scholarly orthodoxy"-- $c Provided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-246) and index.
505	0		_aCompeting Visions of Our Homesteading Past -- Recalculating Homesteading's Reach and Success -- Evolving Views on Homesteading Fraud -- Estimating the Extent of Fraud -- Homesteading and Indian Land Dispossession -- Women Proving Up Their Claims -- Mapping Community Formation -- Envisioning a New History of Homesteading
650		0	_aHomestead law _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aLand tenure _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). _2bisacsh
700	1		_aFriefeld, Jacob K.,
700	1		_aWingo, Rebecca S.,
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aEdwards, Richard, 1944- author. _tHomesteading the plains _dLincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2017 _z9781496202291 _w(DLC) 2017033172
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