ISBN:
9781496227072
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (407 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.20978
Keywords:
Human ecology
;
Human ecology-Great Plains
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This collection of essays represents an attempt to move beyond degradation and exploitation as the defining ecological narratives of the Great Plains by examining the region through the interrelated themes of water, grasses, animals, and energy..
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Before the Horse -- 2. Travois Trails -- 3. Bison Hunters and Prairie Fires -- 4. To Know the Story behind It -- Part 2 -- 5. Kinscapes and the Buffalo Chase -- 6. Fauna and Flux on the Plains' Edge -- 7. Bison and Bookkeeping -- 8. An Uncommon Nuisance -- Part 3 -- 9. Measuring Expertise -- 10. A "Plow to Save the Plains" -- 11. From Wheat to Wheaties -- 12. "Nature Rarely Establishes Sharp Boundaries" -- Part 4 -- 13. Energy Heartland -- 14. Places of Overburden -- 15. Encountering Oil Cultures in a Prairie Town -- 16. Blows Like Hell -- Contributors -- Index.
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