Author: Swierenga, Robert P.
Title: Pioneers and Profits: Land Speculation on the Iowa Frontier
Description: Ames [Iowa], Iowa State University Press, (1968). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xxviii, 260 pp. Textual maps,graphs,tables. Minor rubbing. Some top page-edge spotting. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Land Speculation Tradition; Public Land Speculation: The Quantitative Evidence; Speculation in State Lands; The Selection of Speculator Lands; The Mechanics of Land Speculation; Land Warrants & Speculation; Easley & Willingham, Speculators; The Returns on Iowa Land Investment; The Speculator's Role on the Frontier.

Keywords: American Economic History, Land Speculation, Economics, United States, Frontier, Iowa, , ,