| Goodlands: A Meditation and History on the Great Plains Contributor(s): Kaye, Frances W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897425988 ISBN-13: 9781897425985 Publisher: Au Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 2011431527 |
| Series: West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.36 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountiful Native soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie ecosystem that the peoples who originally populated the land had long understood and were able to use wisely. Settlers justified this transformation with the unexamined premise of deficiency, according to which the vast area of the Great Plains was inadequate in flora and fauna and lacking in the advances of modern civilization. |