03605nam 2200649 450 991046032660332120200520144314.00-8131-8439-80-8131-4935-5(CKB)3710000000333807(EBL)1914919(SSID)ssj0001561081(PQKBManifestationID)16199856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001561081(PQKBWorkID)14829654(PQKB)10601431(MiAaPQ)EBC1914919(OCoLC)654429130(MdBmJHUP)muse43697(Au-PeEL)EBL1914919(CaPaEBR)ebr11011730(CaONFJC)MIL690657(OCoLC)900344291(EXLCZ)99371000000033380720150227h19941994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAbsentee landowning and exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920 /Barbara RasmussenLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1994.©19941 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59375-2 0-8131-1880-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Imperial Politics: Early Speculators and the Leather Stocking Assault upon Virginia's Transmontane; 2 Settler Politics: Jostling for Place and Power in the Brand-New West; 3 Backcountry Politics: Planter Economics and Frustrations in the West; 4 Robber Baron Politics: Tax Breaks for Industry and Legislated Defeat for Western Residents; 5 Pufferbilly Politics: Coal Dust, Sawdust, and Cinders on the Farmland; 6 Farmer Politics: Life and Work with and without Coal, with and without Absentees7 Champagne Politics: Scrambling for Every Tree, Crushing Every Foe8 Reform Politics: Tariff Woes and West Virginia's Backwoods Campaign; 9 Pulp and Paper Politics: Swashbuckling through the Forest and Poaching the Game; 10 Federal Politics: Conservation, Reforestation, and Economic Gridlock; 11 Ptolemaic Politics: Copernican Thinking and Changing the Political Paradigms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YAbsentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development.Rasmussen untangles a web of outside domination of the region that commenced before the American Revolution, creating a legacy of hardship that continues to plague Appalachia today. The owners and exploiters of the region have included Lord Fairfax, George Washington, and, most recently, the U.S. Forest Service.The overarching conLand useWest VirginiaHistoryLand tenureWest VirginiaHistoryAbsentee landlordismWest VirginiaHistoryElectronic books.Land useHistory.Land tenureHistory.Absentee landlordismHistory.333.73/09755Rasmussen Barbara1947-1048637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460326603321Absentee landowning and exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-19202477055UNINA