Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West

Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West

by Brian Q . Cannon (Author)

Synopsis

Shows that postwar homesteading continued to shape the modern West in important ways. This study describes how the Bureau of Reclamation used lotteries to make available free land that had previously been part of Indian reservations, used for Japanese internment, or abandoned by unsuccessful settlers.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 307
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 15 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0700616578
ISBN 13: 9780700616572