{"product_id":"the-best-poor-mans-country-early-southeastern-pennsylvania-paperback","title":"The Best Poor Man's Country: Early Southeastern Pennsylvania - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames T. Lemon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many respects early Pennsylvania was the prototype of North American development. Its conservative defense of liberal individualism, its population of mixed national and religious origins, its dispersed farms, county seats, and farm-service villages, and its mixed crop and livestock agriculture served as models for much of the rural Middle West. To many western Europeans in the eighteenth century, life in early Pennsylvania offered a veritable paradise and refuge from oppression. Some called it \"the best poor man's country in the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of cultural backgrounds is important in this study of the development of early southeastern Pennsylvania, and as important is the interplay of people with the land. Lemon discusses the settlement of the land by western Europeans; the geographical and social mobility of the people; territorial organizations of farmlands, towns, and counties; and regional variations in land use, especially farming practices. Providing deeper access into the processes of social change, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Poor Man's Country\u003c\/i\u003e remains a significant addition to the literature on colonial American historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames T. Lemon \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of geography at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757507608864,"sku":"9780801868917","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a5d8efe4e806d7b76312348d04093a6.webp?v=1780104585","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-poor-mans-country-early-southeastern-pennsylvania-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}