The Great American Land Bubble
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The Great American Land Bubble

The Amazing Story of Land-Grabbing, Speculations, and Booms from Colonial Days to the Present Time

  1. 363 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Great American Land Bubble

The Amazing Story of Land-Grabbing, Speculations, and Booms from Colonial Days to the Present Time

About this book

Originally published in 1932, Sakolski's book is the first general history of land speculation in the American colonies and the United States. It begins with the Pre-Revolutionary War Ohio Companies, and thereafter its chapters cover most of the land booms and bubbles up to the twentieth century. Two hundred years of get-rich quick schemes give the reader a concentrated exposure to the gamble and promoting aspect of the American character.-Print ed.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. Illustrations
  5. CHAPTER I-PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PRECEDENTS
  6. CHAPTER II-THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY WILD LAND MANIA
  7. CHAPTER III-PARCELING OUT THE EMPIRE STATE AT WHOLESALE
  8. CHAPTER IV-PARCELING OUT THE EMPIRE STATE AT RETAIL
  9. CHAPTER V-THE OHIO LAND LURE
  10. CHAPTER VI-THE GEORGIA “YAZOO” LAND FRAUDS
  11. CHAPTER VII-WASHINGTON-AMERICA’S FIRST “BOOM TOWN”
  12. CHAPTER VIII-FILLING UP THE “OLD NORTHWEST”
  13. CHAPTER IX-LOUISIANA “SPANISH GRANTS” AND THEIR “ANTEDATERS”
  14. CHAPTER X-THE TEXAS FEVER
  15. CHAPTER XI-GENERATING THE PANIC OF 1837
  16. CHAPTER XII-CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN LAND GAMBLES
  17. CHAPTER XIII-RAILROAD LAND JOBBERY
  18. CHAPTER XIV-JAY COOKE’S “BANANA BELT”
  19. CHAPTER XV-“MAIN STREETS” AND “BROADWAYS”
  20. CHAPTER XVI-FLORIDA-THE LATEST PHASE