Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index
Perpetual growth in the land of abundance -- Land as property (colonial America: carving up heaven) -- Land : the early bird special -- "For the enriching of themselves" -- Home is where the regulations are -- "Another civil war" -- Land and well-being (early nationhood: from family farm to city) -- Owning Ohio -- Early Ohio and the fate of the family farm -- Cleveland : the industrial city -- Tom Johnson and Henry George -- A home of one's own -- The rising price of the American dream -- Land and enterprise (the late frontier: the race for resources) -- Land and livelihood in the West -- The Dakotas -- Watering the West -- Americans and their land