Author: Henry William EllsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Valley of the Upper Wabash, Indiana
Author: Henry William EllsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Change in Agriculture
Author: Clarence H. DanhofPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674107700
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
American agriculture changed radically between 1820 and 1870. In turning slowly from subsistence to commercial farming, farmers on the average doubled the portion of their production places on the market, and thereby laid the foundations for today's highly productive agricultural industry. But the modern system was by no means inevitable. It evolved slowly through an intricate process in which innovative and imitative entrepreneurs were the key instruments.
Wetlands of the American Midwest
Author: Hugh PrincePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226682803
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this readable and objective account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest. As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet areas called "wet prairies," "swamps," or "bogs" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were considered productive only when drained for agricultural use. Beginning in the 1950s, many came to see these renamed "wetlands" as valuable for wildlife and soil conservation. Prince's book will appeal to a wide readership, ranging from geographers and environmental historians to the many government and private agencies and individuals concerned with wetland research, management, and preservation.
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two
Author: Philip A. GreasleyPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253021162
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.
Heritage of American Agriculture
Author: Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385312779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Travel and Description, 1765-1865
Author: Solon Justus BuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Catalogue of Additions Made to the Library of Congress, from December 1, 1861 to December 1, 1862
Author: Library of CongressCatalogue of Additions Made to the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description