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ACQUISITION of land is not the only ingredient in ascertaining the economic significance of Turner’s millions of acres. Developmental costs are critical in considering how pioneers turned the wilderness into a productive area. If opportunity existed in abundance then the millions of settlers who moved west to farm must have been able to build up successful enterprises.
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Walsh, M. (1981). Agricultural Development. In: The American Frontier Revisited. Studies in Economic and Social History. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05152-6_3
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