TY - BOOK AU - Banks,Enoch Marvin TI - The Economics of Land Tenure in Georgia T2 - Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law SN - 9780231933940 PY - 1905///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER I. THE TENURE OF LAND BEFORE 1860 --; CHAPTER II. TENDENCIES IN LANDOWNERSHIP AMONG THE WHITES SINCE THE WAR --; CHAPTER III. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM ON LANDOWNERSHIP --; CHAPTER IV. THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANDOWNERSHIP AMONG THE NEGROES --; CHAPTER V. THE SYSTEMS OF FARMING BASED ON THE RELATION OF THE FARMER TO THE SOIL --; CHAPTER VI. THE ECONOMIC WORKINGS OF THE SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE. --; APPENDIX; restricted access N2 - Investigates the economics of land tenure in Georgia across time while exploring factors of race and class. Topics include early land policy, the use of mortgage and credit, and the introduction of the sharecropping system UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/bank93394 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231893480.jpg ER -