{"product_id":"pricing-the-land-the-buying-and-selling-of-frontier-new-york-and-the-cayuga-reservation-hardcover","title":"Pricing the Land: The Buying and Selling of Frontier New York and the Cayuga Reservation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott W. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott W. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Geography at SUNY Cortland. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuburn, New York\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750245728544,"sku":"9781501775697","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f6b7080e94f6f3ef817b91601546170b.webp?v=1779946793","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pricing-the-land-the-buying-and-selling-of-frontier-new-york-and-the-cayuga-reservation-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}