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Wetlands of the American Midwest : a historical geography of changing attitudes

How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. 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
eBook, English, 1997
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1997
Geschiedenis (vorm)
1 online resource (xiii, 395 pages) : illustrations, maps.
9780226682808, 0226682803
45729515
Changing attitudes
Physical characteristics of wet prairies and bogs
Native American occupation
Early nineteenth-century views of wetlands
Landowners, cattlemen, railroads, and tenants on wet prairies
Draining and agricultural change on wet prairies
Occupying, draining, and abandoning northern bogs and swamps
Utilizing and conserving wet prairies since 1930
Changing wetland images and values
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