Who Owns America?: A New Declaration of IndependenceHerbert Agar, Allen Tate ISI Books, 1999 - 450 pages "It was a radical statement in 1936 and remains one at the end of the twentieth century. How should a republic exercise power over its citizens? How may economic goods be justly distributed? What status should the small farm have in the life of a nation? By what means may family life be rendered stable? What is the economic role of women in a free society? These are just some of the issues raised, and answered in unique ways, in this book. |
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... planter contract , in which tenant pays a fixed sum of money per acre as rent and usually super- vises his own farming operations . Opportunities for abuses under this system should be ap- parent at once : the planter keeps the books ...
... planter contract , in which tenant pays a fixed sum of money per acre as rent and usually super- vises his own farming operations . Opportunities for abuses under this system should be ap- parent at once : the planter keeps the books ...
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... planters who do not wish to practice an agrarian economy , since they look for some miracu- lous restoration of profits in cotton . How is this land to be transferred to the ... planter , other measures Looking Down the Cotton Row 225.
... planters who do not wish to practice an agrarian economy , since they look for some miracu- lous restoration of profits in cotton . How is this land to be transferred to the ... planter , other measures Looking Down the Cotton Row 225.
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... planter , other measures are needed to secure the gradual return of the land to the people . For one thing , the tax on excess production of cotton , which was a part of the Bankhead Act , might have done a great deal toward en ...
... planter , other measures are needed to secure the gradual return of the land to the people . For one thing , the tax on excess production of cotton , which was a part of the Bankhead Act , might have done a great deal toward en ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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