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Author Adelman, Jeremy

Title Frontier development : land, labour, and capital on the wheatlands of Argentina and Canada, 1890-1914 / Jeremy Adelman
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
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
Summary A comparative study of the agrarian systems of the frontier lands of Argentina and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book challenges much received wisdom about the economic 'success' of North America and the 'failure' of Latin America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Land use, Rural -- Argentina -- Pampas -- History
Land use, Rural -- Canada -- History
Labor -- Argentina -- Pampas -- History
Labor -- Canada -- History
Capital -- Argentina -- Pampas -- History
Capital -- Canada -- History
Wheat trade -- Argentina -- Pampas -- History
Wheat trade -- Canada -- History
Capital.
Labor.
Land use, Rural.
Wheat trade.
Real Estate, Housing & Land Use.
Business & Economics.
Argentina -- Pampas.
Canada.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 93046770
ISBN 9786610767106
6610767106
9780198204411
0198204418
1280767103
9781280767104
9780191676253
019167625X