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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Michigan Historical Review
Author: Marketing the Frontier in the Northwest Territory
Author: Robert E. MitchellPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476680671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Combining narrative history with data-rich social and economic analysis, this new institutional economics study examines the failure of frontier farms in the antebellum Northwest Territory, where legislatively-created imperfect markets and poor surveying resulted in massive investment losses for both individual farmers and the national economy. The history of farming and spatial settlement patterns in the Great Lakes region is described, with specific focus on the State of Michigan viewed through a case study of Midland County. Inter and intra-state differences in soil endowments, public and private promoters of site-specific investment opportunities, time trends in settled populations and the experiences of individual investors are covered in detail.
Initial Points of the Rectangular Survey System
Author: C. Albert WhitePublisher:
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Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Presents a detailed account of each initial point of the federal public lands in the United States.
Michigan's Native Landscape
Author: Michigan Geography and Geology
Author: Randall J. SchaetzlPublisher: Pearson Learning Solutions
ISBN: 9780536987167
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Wetland Trends in Michigan Since 1800
Author: Patrick J. ComerPublisher:
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Category : Wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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West to Far Michigan
Author: Kenneth E. LewisPublisher: MSU Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
West to Far Michigan is a study of the lower peninsula's occupation by agriculturalists, whose presence forever transformed the land and helped to create the modern state of Michigan. West to Far Michigan traces changes and patterns of settlement crucial to documenting the large-scale development of southern Michigan as a region.
Mapping in Michigan & the Great Lakes Region
Author: David I. MacleodPublisher: MSU Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An illustrated chapter on the renowned Michigan map expert Louis Karpinski opens this volume, following a comparative introduction by the noted cartographic historian David Buisseret. Twelve chapters tell particular stories. Often these narratives extend well beyond the limits of today's state of Michigan. American Indian mapmakers sought to give directions and convey cosmological meanings and political relationships; only gradually did they adopt the geometric framing and uniformity of European maps, which reflected a different set of cultural attitudes. Would-be colonial governors mapped to promote their dreams. Boundary commissioners surveyed and mapped to settle contested claims and lay the foundations for peace along the U.S.-Canadian border. On the Canadian side, surveyors drew maps to build up the new British colony against American influences and encroachments. Mapmakers were also ambitious entrepreneurs, peddling illustrated county atlases to proud farm owners, bird's-eye views to show off towns, and plat and insurance maps to aid property development. In describing how people produced and used maps, contributors tell a larger story of one region's peoples and cultures--and of a nation's zeal for exploration.
A History of the Rectangular Survey System
Author: C. Albert WhitePublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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