Marketing the Frontier in the Northwest Territory

The late Robert E. Mitchell spent two decades in social science research and teaching at Columbia University, UC-Berkeley, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Florida State University. He then entered the Foreign Service with long-term postings in the Near East and Africa. After his retirement in 1995, he authored a half dozen non-fiction books and many new social and economic history articles. He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionGeographic Level 1: A National Overview1. The Invented Markets for Land on the FrontierGeographic Level 2: The Old Northwest Territory2. The Five States of the Old NorthwestGeographic Level 3: Michigan’s Lower Peninsula3. The Privatization of Land in the State of Michigan4. Soils and Settlements in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula Counties5. Rates of Return on Investments in FarmingGeographic Level 4: One ­Multi-Soils County6. Moving from Macro to ­Micro-Level History7. The County’s Physical Geography8. The Market and Privatization of Land in a ­Case-Study Frontier County9. Those Who Farmed or Left Their SoilsSummary, Overview and Next Steps10. Looking BackChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex