The Economics of Land Tenure in Georgia / Enoch Marvin Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Enoch Marvin, 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, [1905]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Investigates the economics of land tenure in Georgia across time while exploring factors of race and class. Topics include early land policy, the use of mortgage and credit, and the introduction of the sharecropping system.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE TENURE OF LAND BEFORE 1860

CHAPTER II. TENDENCIES IN LANDOWNERSHIP AMONG THE WHITES SINCE THE WAR

CHAPTER III. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM ON LANDOWNERSHIP

CHAPTER IV. THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANDOWNERSHIP AMONG THE NEGROES

CHAPTER V. THE SYSTEMS OF FARMING BASED ON THE RELATION OF THE FARMER TO THE SOIL

CHAPTER VI. THE ECONOMIC WORKINGS OF THE SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE.

APPENDIX

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0-231-89348-5

OCLC:

1043020607