Homesteading was an almost existential policy that is mostly misunderstood. When seen as a means of transferring title, it is clearly inferior to land sales. However, it allowed both American and Canadian governments to establish sovereign control without the use of massive military efforts.
Homesteading was an almost existential policy that is mostly misunderstood. When seen as a means of transferring title, it is clearly inferior to land sales. However, it allowed both American and Canadian governments to establish sovereign control without the use of massive military efforts.
Douglas W. Allen is a Burnaby Mountain Professor in the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University. He has over 100 academic publications and three books: The Nature of the Farm (with Dean Lueck, 2002); The Institutional Revolution (2012, Douglass North Book Prize); and Economic Analysis of Property Rights (with Yoram Barzel, 2023). He has won SFU's Silver Medal for Academic Excellence and three university teaching awards.
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1. Introduction Part I. Homesteading Fundamentals: 2. Homesteading basics 3. The theory of homestead land grants Part II. Three Periods of Homesteading: 4. Homesteading, the civil war, and the south: 1862-1871 5. Railroads and early homesteading: 1862-1890 6. Late homesteading and tribal land dispossession: 1890-1934 Part III. Homesteading Special Cases: 7. The Oklahoma land rushes 8. Homesteading in Canada Part IV. Homesteading and the Long Run: 9. Homesteading and modern land development 10. Cultural and political dimensions of homesteading 11. Conclusion.
1. Introduction Part I. Homesteading Fundamentals: 2. Homesteading basics 3. The theory of homestead land grants Part II. Three Periods of Homesteading: 4. Homesteading, the civil war, and the south: 1862-1871 5. Railroads and early homesteading: 1862-1890 6. Late homesteading and tribal land dispossession: 1890-1934 Part III. Homesteading Special Cases: 7. The Oklahoma land rushes 8. Homesteading in Canada Part IV. Homesteading and the Long Run: 9. Homesteading and modern land development 10. Cultural and political dimensions of homesteading 11. Conclusion.
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