{"product_id":"pricing-the-land-the-buying-and-selling-of-frontier-new-york-and-the-cayuga-reservation-hardback-9781501775697","title":"Pricing the Land; The Buying and Selling of Frontier New York and the Cayuga Reservation (Hardback) 9781501775697","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePricing the Land\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Buying and Selling of Frontier New York and the Cayuga Reservation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eScott W. Anderson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501775697\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w halftone, 48 maps, 6 charts - 48 Maps - 1 Halftones, black and white - 6 Charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePricing the Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed analysis of land prices and speculation in central New York immediately following the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/p\u003e (NYG\u0026amp;B)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePricing the Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e reconstructs the complicated history of buying and selling land along the New York frontier after the American Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e Scott W. Anderson focuses on the prices bid for lots in central New York that had been set aside for veterans of the war (the New Military Tract) and within the Cayuga Reservation created by treaty in 1789, comprising a hundred square miles of land on both shores of the northern end of Cayuga Lake. He considers several factors that affected the value of this land: the scarcity of money in early America; the role that Alexander Hamilton's assumption policy played in encouraging debt speculation; the sale of huge tracts by New York and Massachusetts to investment syndicates; and the struggles of settlers across the New York frontier to escape debt, bondage, and poverty. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnderson, who served as an expert witness in the Cayuga Land Claim trials of 1999 to 2001 that awarded the Cayuga Nation $247.9 million in compensation and damages (a judgment overturned in 2005), developed new methodological tools for determining a better estimate of the value of this land. In \u003ci\u003ePricing the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, he concludes that the only accurate measure of worth lay in the settlers' ability to pay their rents or debts, which was only possible once the Market Revolution reached central New York. As a result of his historical recovery, Anderson finds that the Cayuga Nation might have been entitled to twice the amount they were awarded in their lawsuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Challenge of Pricing the Land\u003cbr\u003e 1. Selling the State\u003cbr\u003e 2. Land Speculation in the New Military Tract\u003cbr\u003e 3. Buying and Selling the Cayuga Reservation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Renting the State\u003cbr\u003e 5. Renting the Reservation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52608270434584,"sku":"9781501775697","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pricing-the-land-the-buying-and-selling-of-frontier-new-york-and-the-cayuga-reservation-hardback-9781501775697","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}