Absentee Landowning & Exploit WV (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813118802)

Absentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development. Rasmussen untangles a web of outside domination of the region that commenced before the American Revolution, creating a legacy of hardship that continues to plague Appalachia today. The owners and exploiters of the region have inc

Author: Barbara Rasmussen
ISBN-10: 0813118808
ISBN-13: 9780813118802
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 10/25/1994
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d