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Author:

Cannon, Brian Q.

Title:

Reopening the frontier : homesteading in the modern West / Brian Q. Cannon.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Reclamation of land--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
West (U.S.)--History--1945-
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Community life--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Farmers--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Veterans--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Environmental policy--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.

Contents:

Creating a "new frontier of opportunity" : World War II veterans and the campaign for Western homesteads -- "Ah, for the life of a farmer" : the chimera of free land -- Proving up and proving themselves -- "Gold mine in the sky" : the farmers' dreams for themselves and their land -- The best year of their lives? : women on Western homesteads -- "The firm foundation of our community" : opportunity and its limits on the Bureau of Reclamation's Riverton Project -- A conflict of interests : the battle over reclamation homesteads -- Repeal of the Homestead Act -- "Our dream was changed into a nightmare" : the homesteaders at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

0700616578 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700616572 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)278980818

LCCN:

2008052227

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)