Mary Eschelbach Gregson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5766682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Eschelbach Gregson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Eschelbach |
| FAMILY NAME | Gregson |
| SIGNATURE | GREGSON M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Population Dynamics in Rural Missouri, 1860-1880
Population Dynamics in Rural Missouri, 1860–1880
The extraordinarily productive corn and wheat belts were settled a generation before modern Middle America blossomed. The story of rural Middle America, especially in the decades following the Civil War, is the story of the men and women who settled the region and stayed. In politics the Middle American community looked to long-term residents for a definition of its best interests (Winkle 1988; Curti 1959). In agricultural matters the community l…
Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in the Midwest in the Late Nineteenth Century
Strategies for Commercialization
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Rural Response to Increased Demand
Demand for farm products grew, and the cost of marketing them shrank, between 1860 and 1880. The resulting commercialization of Midwestern agriculture has been widely discussed, but the production strategies that farmers pursued have not been adequately described or modeled. I find that an endowment-contingent model of crop choice provides a consistent explanation for farm production strategies at the micro-level on Missouri farms. The results ca…
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”
(1992). “Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 53-65
Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in the Midwest in the Late Nineteenth Century
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”
(1992). “Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 53-65
Rural Response to Increased Demand
Demand for farm products grew, and the cost of marketing them shrank, between 1860 and 1880. The resulting commercialization of Midwestern agriculture has been widely discussed, but the production strategies that farmers pursued have not been adequately described or modeled. I find that an endowment-contingent model of crop choice provides a consistent explanation for farm production strategies at the micro-level on Missouri farms. The results ca…
Strategies for Commercialization
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”
(1992). “Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match”. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 53-65
Rural Response to Increased Demand
Demand for farm products grew, and the cost of marketing them shrank, between 1860 and 1880. The resulting commercialization of Midwestern agriculture has been widely discussed, but the production strategies that farmers pursued have not been adequately described or modeled. I find that an endowment-contingent model of crop choice provides a consistent explanation for farm production strategies at the micro-level on Missouri farms. The results ca…
Strategies for Commercialization
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in the Midwest in the Late Nineteenth Century
Population Dynamics in Rural Missouri, 1860-1880
Population Dynamics in Rural Missouri, 1860–1880
The extraordinarily productive corn and wheat belts were settled a generation before modern Middle America blossomed. The story of rural Middle America, especially in the decades following the Civil War, is the story of the men and women who settled the region and stayed. In politics the Middle American community looked to long-term residents for a definition of its best interests (Winkle 1988; Curti 1959). In agricultural matters the community l…
Geography (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)