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59 As long as there was an abundance of cheap land and a shortage of labor it was more economical to abandon worn - out soil and to move on , rather than to farm intensively and to pay for expensive fertilizers .
59 As long as there was an abundance of cheap land and a shortage of labor it was more economical to abandon worn - out soil and to move on , rather than to farm intensively and to pay for expensive fertilizers .
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signified a land boom . Each man was taking what he hoped was the land tract which would soon be in the center of a large city . George rode on to some hills from which he looked across a wide expanse of virgin country to some cattle ...
signified a land boom . Each man was taking what he hoped was the land tract which would soon be in the center of a large city . George rode on to some hills from which he looked across a wide expanse of virgin country to some cattle ...
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Land is the most fundamental of the life conditions . How much land is there to how many men is the fundamental consideration in the life of any society . The adjustment of men and land involves a struggle between men , a struggle for ...
Land is the most fundamental of the life conditions . How much land is there to how many men is the fundamental consideration in the life of any society . The adjustment of men and land involves a struggle between men , a struggle for ...
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| Title | William Graham Sumner, Volume 2 William Graham Sumner, Robert Bruce Notestein |
| Author | Robert Bruce Notestein |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 758 pages |
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