American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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... early years of Dutch occupancy , when Kiliaen Van Rensselaer , an Amsterdam gold and diamond merchant and a member of the Dutch West India Company , built up the only successful patroonage , comprising nearly all of Albany and ...
... early years of Dutch occupancy , when Kiliaen Van Rensselaer , an Amsterdam gold and diamond merchant and a member of the Dutch West India Company , built up the only successful patroonage , comprising nearly all of Albany and ...
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... early Jacksonian movement , as a proposed alleviation of conditions among the industrial workers . At least as early as 1828 it found expression in The Mechanics ' Free Press , and by 1835 George Henry Evans was evolving a veritable ...
... early Jacksonian movement , as a proposed alleviation of conditions among the industrial workers . At least as early as 1828 it found expression in The Mechanics ' Free Press , and by 1835 George Henry Evans was evolving a veritable ...
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... early 1880's when prices were improving and the prospects looked bright . Then came a cycle of dry years , beginning in 1886 ; prices again were on the downgrade ; and in the avalanche of mortgage fore- closures even the loan companies ...
... early 1880's when prices were improving and the prospects looked bright . Then came a cycle of dry years , beginning in 1886 ; prices again were on the downgrade ; and in the avalanche of mortgage fore- closures even the loan companies ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
Copyright | |
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