Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic

by Michael A. Blaakman

Book Overview

During the first quarter-century after its founding, the United States was swept by a wave of land speculation so unprecedented in intensity and scale that contemporaries and historians alike have dubbed it a "mania." In Speculation Nation, Michael A. Blaakman uncovers the revolutionary origins of this real-estate bonanza--a story of ambition, corruption, capitalism, and statecraft that stretched across millions of acres from Maine to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512824488
• ISBN13: 9781512824483
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"