One Man's Sequential Land Alienation on the Great Plains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4492201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Barron Mcintosh, C Mcintosh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/214507 |
| OpenAlex | W2313213097 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
T HE study of the American frontier has long been dominated by a search for generalizations and abstractions, the most famous of which is the frontier thesis of Frederick Jackson Turner. This search either ignores or gives little importance to the role of individual settlers who went westward, took up land, and opened farms and ranches. The changing landscapes that resulted were not abstractions, but rather were the consequence of human toil and day-to-day interactions among individuals, environment, and the landdisposal system. To stress this human aspect of frontier settlement, I present a detailed study of the land entries and the land patents of one man as he moved from one entry to another through the complex process of land alienation legislated in numerous congressional acts. A study of this sort contributes to the understanding of early settlement processes on the Great Plains. I will follow the entry activities of Jules Ami Sandoz, as described in a slightly fictionalized biography written by his daughter, Mari, and as verified by local and federal land records
Alienation · Geography · Political science · American Environmental and Regional History · American Literature and Culture · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1991 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |