Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing AttitudesUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 Apr 2008 - 410 halaman 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. |
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... Early American and European settlers ' choices of vegetation types , 1816-49 128 4.2 Tract Book entries by decade and vegetation type for four southern Illinois districts 130 4.3 Swamplands and Indemnity Lands granted to states 145 4.4 ...
... Early American and European settlers ' choices of vegetation types , 1816-49 128 4.2 Tract Book entries by decade and vegetation type for four southern Illinois districts 130 4.3 Swamplands and Indemnity Lands granted to states 145 4.4 ...
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... Mariia Zimmermann . In the early stages of this project , I was guided by Andrew Hill Clark , who acted as advisor while I was in Wisconsin in 1954-55 and with whom I corresponded during the remaining twenty years xii PREFACE.
... Mariia Zimmermann . In the early stages of this project , I was guided by Andrew Hill Clark , who acted as advisor while I was in Wisconsin in 1954-55 and with whom I corresponded during the remaining twenty years xii PREFACE.
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... early drafts have been an invaluable stimulus to writing and revising . I am deeply en- debted to the Cartographic Unit at University College London for drawing the maps and in particular to Bill Mackie , John Bryant , Guy Baker , and ...
... early drafts have been an invaluable stimulus to writing and revising . I am deeply en- debted to the Cartographic Unit at University College London for drawing the maps and in particular to Bill Mackie , John Bryant , Guy Baker , and ...
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... early nineteenth century , American pioneers were repelled by them as sources of malaria and other dreaded illnesses . When sites for farmsteads were sought , wet prairies were avoided not only from fear of disease but also because they ...
... early nineteenth century , American pioneers were repelled by them as sources of malaria and other dreaded illnesses . When sites for farmsteads were sought , wet prairies were avoided not only from fear of disease but also because they ...
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... early inhabitants on the continent . The new con- sciousness has repositioned European Americans as latecomers in a long historical sequence . For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , most historians regarded the native ...
... early inhabitants on the continent . The new con- sciousness has repositioned European Americans as latecomers in a long historical sequence . For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , most historians regarded the native ...
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2 Physical Characteristics of Wet Prairies and Bogs | 27 |
3 Native American Occupation | 75 |
4 Early Nineteenthcentury Views of Wetlands | 117 |
5 Landowners Cattlemen Railroads and Tenants on Wet Prairies | 159 |
6 Draining and Agricultural Change on Wet Prairies | 203 |
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Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes Hugh Prince Pratinjau terbatas - 2008 |
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