The Growth of Farm Tenancy in the United States

John D. Black and R. H. Allen

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1937, vol. 51, issue 3, 393-425

Abstract: Introduction, 393.— I. "Land ownership," 394.— II. Tenancy and mortgage indebtedness, 396.— III. Share croppers, 398; leases to relatives, 399.—IV. Farm laborers, 402.—V. The "agricultural ladder," 407.— VI. Analysis by decades, 411.— VII. Analysis by regions and groups, 413.—VIII. Growth 1930–35, 416.—IX. Descent of the "ladder," 417.— X. Character of our tenancy, 421.— XI. Conclusions, 423.

Date: 1937
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