Frontier Development: Land, Labour, and Capital on the Wheatlands of Argentina and Canada

Abstract

Introduction: the dynamics of frontier development. Part 1 Land use and distribution on the frontier: land use and distribution on the prairies - the political economy of settlement, the land market and speculation, land distribution, land use land use and distribution on the Pampas - the political economy of settlement, land use, the land market and speculation, land distribution. Part 2 Labour on the frontier: labour on the Pampas - immigration policy, immigration 1890-1914, seasonal labour, tenancy labour on the prairies - immigration policy, immigration 1890-1914, the hired hand, tenancy. Part 3 Capital formation on the frontier: agricultural finance on the frontier - agricultural finance on the Pampas, agricultural finance on the prairies, rural finance - conclusion technical change on the frontier - machinery on the prairies, machinery on the Pampas conclusion - the frontier legacy. Appendices: the 1895 Argentine national census probate records from the archives of the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires probate records from the Regional Courthouse in Regina.

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