The Wheat Market and the Farmer in Minnesota 1858-1900 / Henrietta M. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Henrietta M., author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1969]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Investigates the development of the system by which the wheat of the middle west is brought from the producer to the consumer to emphasis the place of the market in the history of the west.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. The River-Town Markets, 1858-1867

Chapter III. New Roads to Market, 1867-1875

Chapter IV. Monopoly and the Grange, 1868-1875

Chapter V. New Forces In The Market, 1876-1885

Chapter VI. The Growth of the " Line," 1875-1885

Chapter VII. Reforming the Market, 1885-1895

Chapter VIII. Big Business In The Wheat Trade, 1895-1900

Chapter IX. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89819-3

OCLC:

1100459555