Harvey Wasserman's History of the United StatesHarper & Row, 1975 - 262 pages |
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Page 83
... million acres of Louisi- ana . One English firm took 4.5 million acres of Texas and another got 1.5 million acres of Louisiana coastal land at 12 % to 75 cents per acre . Twelve railroad corporations took 32.4 million acres in grants ...
... million acres of Louisi- ana . One English firm took 4.5 million acres of Texas and another got 1.5 million acres of Louisiana coastal land at 12 % to 75 cents per acre . Twelve railroad corporations took 32.4 million acres in grants ...
Page 109
... million Americans living on some 6 million farms ; in 1970 , in a nation twice as large , there were less than 10 million Americans living on some 3 million farms . The prairie schooners riding east from Kansas , the Depression jalopies ...
... million Americans living on some 6 million farms ; in 1970 , in a nation twice as large , there were less than 10 million Americans living on some 3 million farms . The prairie schooners riding east from Kansas , the Depression jalopies ...
Page 113
... million lived on the land . In the next sixty years , the rural population doubled , but the urban population ... million Germans and 3 million Irish made the voyage to America . Then the tide shifted to southern and eastern Europe , and ...
... million lived on the land . In the next sixty years , the rural population doubled , but the urban population ... million Germans and 3 million Irish made the voyage to America . Then the tide shifted to southern and eastern Europe , and ...
Contents
The Robber Barons | 3 |
The People | 52 |
The Revolt of the Farmers | 61 |
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