Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920.

Absentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development. Rasmussen untangles a web...

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Main Author: Rasmussen, Barbara, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
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