Frontier development : land, labour, and capital on the wheatlands of Argentina and Canada, 1890-1914
1994, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #433028
ISBN: 0198204418
Physical description; xiii, 322 p. : ill., maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Introduction: The Dynamics of Frontier Development -- I. Land Use and Distribution on the Frontier. 2. Land Use and Distribution on the Prairies. 3. Land Use and Distribution on the Pampas -- II. Labour on the Frontier. 4. Labour on the Pampas. 5. Labour on the Prairies -- III. Capital Formation on the Frontier. 6. Agricultural Finance on the Frontier. 7. Technical Change on the Frontier. 8. Conclusion: The Frontier Legacy -- Appendix I. The 1895 Argentine National Census -- Appendix II. Probate Records from the Archives of the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires -- Appendix III. Probate Records from the Regional Courthouse in Regina. Subjects; Geschichte 1890-1914. Land use, Rural History Pampas Argentina. Land use, Rural History Canada. Labor History Pampas Argentina. Labor History Canada. Capital History Argentina Pampas. Capital History Canada. Wheat trade History Argentina Pampas. Wheat trade History Canada. Real Estate, Housing & Land Use. Business & Economics.
Price: €195.00