Environmental Change and Conflict over Hogs in Early Nineteenth-Century Delaware

Environmental Change and Conflict over Hogs in Early Nineteenth-Century Delaware

Grettler examines the conflict over hogs in central Delaware and shows how this conflict demonstrates how environmental factors shaped Delaware's capitalist transformation. A law passed in 1816 allowed hogs to be shot on sight, bringing to a head a century of conflict over hogs and fences that...

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Published in:Journal of the early Republic Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 197 - 220
Main Author: Grettler, David J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis Society for Historians of the Early American Republic 01-07-1999
University of Pennsylvania Press
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Capitalism
Century farms
Crop economics
Crops
Fences
History
Hogs
Landowners
Property law
Rail fences
State laws
Timber
Wildlife management
Delaware
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Summary:Grettler examines the conflict over hogs in central Delaware and shows how this conflict demonstrates how environmental factors shaped Delaware's capitalist transformation. A law passed in 1816 allowed hogs to be shot on sight, bringing to a head a century of conflict over hogs and fences that ultimately transformed the region.
ISSN:0275-1275
1553-0620
DOI:10.2307/3124952