Reviews: Hans Krabbendam and Larry J. Wagenaar (eds): The Dutch American Experience: Essays in Honor of Robert P. Swierenga
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 171
ISSN: 1369-183X
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In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 171
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Journal of family history: studies in family, kinship and demography, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 390-405
ISSN: 1552-5473
In: The journal of economic history, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 1095-1096
ISSN: 1471-6372
In: Contributions in American history no. 46
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 1596-1599
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
In: Explorations in economic history: EEH, Band 7, Heft 1-2, S. 257-292
ISSN: 0014-4983
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 24, S. 174-175
ISSN: 0197-9183
In: Historical series of the Reformed Church in America 42
In: Religion and American Politics, S. 144-162
In: The journal of economic history, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 1-28
ISSN: 1471-6372
"Show us a non-resident who has made money speculating in western land," wrote a frontier newspaper editor in 1850, "and we will show you a rare bird, more rare by far than a successful gold hunter." Despite this warning and dozens like it, thousands of investors ventured surplus or borrowed funds on frontier land throughout the nineteenth century. Many, in fact, jumped from one frontier to the next on the heels of government surveyors and land officers. Either these businessmen were gluttons for punishment, or speculating in government land was far more rewarding than some contemporaries were willing to admit.
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 174-175
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
In: Ellis Island series
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 406-424
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183