LEADER 03813nam 2200553 450 001 9910794816803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4962-0229-5 010 $a1-4962-0231-7 035 $a(CKB)4340000000192155 035 $a(OCoLC)993623724 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4921962 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4921962 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11415979 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1022832 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000192155 100 $a20170818h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHomesteading the plains $etoward a new history /$fRichard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld, Rebecca S. Wingo 210 1$aLincoln, [Nebraska] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 $a1-4962-1394-7 311 $a0-8032-9679-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Competing Visions of Our Homesteading Past -- 2. Recalculating Homesteading's Reach and Success -- 3. Evolving Views on Homesteading Fraud -- 4. Estimating the Extent of Fraud -- 5. Homesteading and Indian Land Dispossession -- 6. Women Proving Up Their Claims -- 7. Mapping Community Formation -- 8. Envisioning a New History of Homesteading -- Appendix 1: An Annotated Review of GLO Circulars,1862-1904 -- Appendix 2: Sources for Chapter 5 Graphs and Maps -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrative and most scholars' harshly negative and dismissive treatment.

Homesteading the Plains reexamines old data and draws from newly available digitized records to reassess the current interpretation's four principal tenets: homesteading was a minor factor in farm formation, with most Western farmers purchasing their land; most homesteaders failed to prove up their claims; the homesteading process was rife with corruption and fraud; and homesteading caused Indian land dispossession. Using data instead of anecdotes and focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, Homesteading the Plainsdemonstrates that the first three tenets are wrong and the fourth only partially true. In short, the public's perception of homesteading is perhaps more accurate than the one scholars have constructed.

Homesteading the Plainsprovides the basis for an understanding of homesteading that is startlingly different from current scholarly orthodoxy.
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