A Stake in the Land

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Author

Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander), 1873-

Credits

Produced by Tom Roch, Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

JV: Political science: Colonies and colonization, International migration

Subject

Americanization

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30529

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30529

Release Date

November 23, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A STAKE IN THE LAND — AMERICANIZATION STUDIES — ALLEN T. BURNS, DIRECTOR — A STAKE IN THE LAND — BY
2. 2.PETER A. SPEEK — HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS — NEW YORK AND LONDON 1921
3. 3.PUBLISHER'S NOTE
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF TABLES
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.INTRODUCTION
9. 9.AUTHOR'S NOTE — A STAKE IN THE LAND
10. 10.PART I — A STAKE IN THE LAND
11. 11.I NEED OF A LAND POLICY — STRENGTH OF HOME TIES — IMMIGRANTS' LOVE OF THE LAND — NEED FOR LAND REGULATION
12. 12.II LEARNING OF LAND OPPORTUNITIES — FRIENDS, AGENTS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS — FEDERAL AND STATE IMMIGRATION OFFICES — POLICIES IN CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN
13. 13.III EXPERIENCES IN ACQUIRING LAND — RUSSIAN SECTARIAN PEASANTS IN THE WEST — THE SUCCESSFUL COLONY AT GLENDALE — OTHER CALIFORNIA CASES — AN OKLAHOMA SETTLEMENT
14. 14.IV INDIVIDUAL LAND DEALERS — LAND SHARKS — LOWER TYPE OF LAND DEALER — THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED LAND DEALER — "REALTORS"
15. 15.V PRIVATE LAND COLONIZATION COMPANIES — A TYPICAL COMPANY — THE ADVISER — CHILDREN OVERWORKED — SECURING CREDIT — CONSERVATION OF WOODED LAND — THE SIZE OF A COLONY — LEARNING AMERICAN WAYS — TWO POINTS OF VIEW — COLONY SNAPSHOTS
16. 16.VI PUBLIC LAND COLONIZATION — THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT — STATE PROVISION FOR SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS — THE RECLAMATION ACT — PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION — PROVISION IN OTHER COUNTRIES
17. 17.VII A LAND POLICY — WIDE RANGE IN PROGRAMS — PLENTY OF LAND — PUBLIC REGULATION OF LAND DEALING — A PUBLIC LAND EXCHANGE — RECLAMATION A SEPARATE FUNCTION — A COLONIZATION BOARD — EXTENSION OF PUBLIC CREDIT — CO-OPERATION INDISPENSABLE
18. 18.PART II
19. 19.VIII RURAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES — IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION — BRIDGING DIFFERENCES — PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
20. 20.IX PRIVATE SCHOOLS — NEBRASKA — NORTH DAKOTA — MINNESOTA — MICHIGAN — WISCONSIN — SOUTH DAKOTA — CALIFORNIA — HEBREW SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY — OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES — TEMPORARY USEFULNESS — NEED FOR REGULATION
21. 21.X IMMIGRANT CHURCHES — BILINGUAL SERVICES — ENGLISH FAVORED BY MEMBERS — OPPOSITION TO "INTERFAITH" MARRIAGES — IMMIGRANT PASTORS — POTENTIAL POWERS FOR GOOD
22. 22.XI THE PUBLIC SCHOOL — LIMITATIONS OF THE ONE-TEACHER SCHOOL — GROWTH OF THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL — THE RURAL SCHOOL-TEACHER — IRREGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE — PRACTICAL CURRICULUM NEEDED — NEED FOR EXPERT ADMINISTRATION — PROPOSED MEASURES
23. 23.XII EDUCATION OF ADULT IMMIGRANT SETTLERS — IMPORTANCE OF REACHING WOMEN — THE HOME TEACHER — ORGANIZATION OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN — THE PUBLIC EVENING SCHOOL — EDUCATION MADE INTERESTING
24. 24.XIII LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY WORK — PLACE OF THE PRINTED WORD — RURAL NEEDS FOR BOOKS — PACKAGE LIBRARIES IN WISCONSIN — SELECTION OF BOOKS — A COMMUNITY HALL — AMATEUR THEATRICALS — COMMUNITY TEAMWORK
25. 25.INDEX
26. 26.Footnotes — Introduction — Chapter I: Need of a Land Policy — Chapter III: Experiences in Acquiring Land — Chapter V: Private Land Colonization Companies — Chapter VI: Public Land Colonization — Chapter VII: A Land Policy — Chapter VIII: Rural Educational Agencies — Chapter IX: Private Schools — Chapter XI: The Public School — Chapter XII: Education of Adult Immigrant Settlers
27. 27.Americanization Studies
28. 28.Harper & Brothers Publishers — Transcriber's Note:

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