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Landlords and Farmers in the Hudson Mohawk Region, 1790-1850
David Maldwyn Ellis
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The transition from a predominantly self-sufficient economy to one primarily dependent on the market in the first half of the nineteenth century was to effect changes in the United States fully as far-reaching if not as spectacular as those accompanying the industrial revolution. Farming as a way of life was yielding place to the concept of farming as a means of profit. Few farmers in the country felt the impact of these revolutionary forces more directly than those of eastern New York State.
How New York farmers met these challenges is the central theme of Landlords and Farmers in the Hudson-Mohawk Region, 1790–1850. Focusing on twenty-one counties in eastern New York, David Maldwyn Ellis describes the process of settlement, the growth of population, and the characteristics of pioneer agriculture; traces the rapid shifts from grain culture to sheep raising and dairying; and points out the variety of individual and local adjustments caused by differences in soil, topography, accessibility to market, cultural legacies, and individual enterprise.
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Cover
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LANDLORDS AND FARMERS IN THE HUDSON-MOHAWK REGION 1790-1850
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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CONTENTS
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Preface
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List of Maps
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I The Background
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II Population Growth and the Land Pattern, 1790-1808
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III The Good Years, 1790-1808
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IV Years of Uncertainty, 1808-1825
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V The Transportation Network, 1825-1850
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VI The Rise of the Dairy State, 1825-1850
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VII The Antirent Movement, 1839-1845
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VIII Antirentism in Politics
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Appendixes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2010
Publisher: Cornell University Press
- 9780801476143 (paperback)