Syllabus

Exams

Terms

Graduate Students

Graduate Student Papers

American Dreams and American Land Policy

Suggestions for Further Study

The Dream of the Independent Family Farm

U.S. Land Policy

From Public Land to Private Property

  Homestead Act of 1862

The Golden Age of American Agriculture

Allotting Indian Lands

  The Dawes Act of 1887

  The Scale of Indian Land Losses

Evaluating American Land Policy