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The Great Plains
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Author : Walter Prescott Webb
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1959-01-01
The Great Plains written by Walter Prescott Webb and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959-01-01 with History categories.
A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers
The Great Plains Second Edition
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Author : Walter Prescott Webb
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022-08
The Great Plains Second Edition written by Walter Prescott Webb and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08 with History categories.
Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University This iconic description of the interaction between the vast central plains of the continent and the white Americans who moved there in the mid-nineteenth century has endured as one of the most influential, widely known, and controversial works in western history since its first publication in 1931. Arguing that "the Great Plains environment . . . constitutes a geographic unity whose influences have been so powerful as to put a characteristic mark upon everything that survives within its borders," Walter Prescott Webb identifies the revolver, barbed wire, and the windmill as technological adaptations that facilitated Anglo conquest of the arid, treeless region. Webb draws on history, anthropology, geography, demographics, climatology, and economics in arguing that the 98th Meridian constitutes an institutional fault line at which "practically every institution that was carried across it was either broken and remade or else greatly altered." This new edition of one of the foundational works of western American history features an introduction by Great Plains historian Andrew R. Graybill and a new index and updated design.
Great Plains
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Author : Ian Frazier
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2001-05-04
Great Plains written by Ian Frazier and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-04 with Travel categories.
National Bestseller Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains--but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the great middle of our nation. With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and myth-inspiring Great Plains. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, Great Plains takes us from the site of Sitting Bull's cabin, to an abandoned house once terrorized by Bonnie and Clyde, to the scene of the murders chronicled in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. It is an expedition that reveals the heart of the American West.
Encyclopedia Of The Great Plains
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Author : David J. Wishart
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Encyclopedia Of The Great Plains written by David J. Wishart and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with History categories.
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
The Future Of The Great Plains
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Author : United States. Great Plains Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
The Future Of The Great Plains written by United States. Great Plains Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Great Plains categories.
Great Plains Indians
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Author : David J. Wishart
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Great Plains Indians written by David J. Wishart and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with History categories.
David J. Wishart's Great Plains Indians covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the country. Myriad internal and external forces have profoundly shaped Indian lives on the Great Plains. Those forces--the environment, religion, tradition, guns, disease, government policy--have written their way into this history. Wishart spans the vastness of Indian time on the Great Plains, bringing the reader up to date on reservation conditions and rebounding populations in a sea of rural population decline. Great Plains Indians is a compelling introduction to Indian life on the Great Plains from thirteen thousand years ago to the present.
Goodlands
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Author : Frances W. Kaye
language : en
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Release Date : 2011
Goodlands written by Frances W. Kaye and has been published by Athabasca University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Drama categories.
"Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountiful Native soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie ecosystem as it was understood and used by the peoples who originally populated the land. Settlers justified this transformation with the unexamined premise of deficiency, according to which the Great Plains region was inadequate in flora and fauna and the region lacking in modern civilization. Drawing on history, sociology, art, and economic theory, Frances W. Kaye counters the argument of deficiency, pointing out that, in its original ecological state, no region can possibly be incomplete. Goodlands examines the settlers' misguided theory, discussing the ideas that shaped its implementation, the forces that resisted it, and Indigenous ideologies about what it meant to make good use of the land. By suggesting methods for redeveloping the Great Plains that are founded on native cultural values, Goodlands serves the region in the context of a changing globe."--Publisher's website.
Great Plains Literature
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Author : Linda Ray Pratt
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-03
Great Plains Literature written by Linda Ray Pratt and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03 with History categories.
Great Plains Literature is an exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada. It reflects the destruction of the culture of the first people who lived there, the attempts of settlers to conquer the land, and the tragic losses and successes of settlement that are still shaping our modern world of environmental threat, ethnic and racial hostilities, declining rural communities, and growing urban populations. In addition to featuring writers such as Ole Edvart Rölvaag, Willa Cather, and John Neihardt, who address the epic stories of the past, Great Plains Literature also includes contemporary writers such as Louis Erdrich, Kent Haruf, Ted Kooser, Rilla Askew, N. Scott Momaday, and Margaret Laurence. This literature encompasses a history of courage and violence, aggrandizement and aggression, triumph and terror. It can help readers understand better how today’s threats to the environment, clashes with Native people, struggling small towns, and rural migration to the cities reflect the same forces that were important in the past.
Deep Map Country
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Author : Susan Naramore Maher
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Deep Map Country written by Susan Naramore Maher and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Scholarly study of Great Plains nonfiction writers in the genre of "deep mapping", a genre that weaves together strata of narrative that includes natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and inter-textual material"--
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains
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Author : Katharine Berry Judson
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2016-06-08
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains written by Katharine Berry Judson and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-08 with History categories.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the myths and legends of the Great Plains of America. From the creation of the world to the origin of the buffalo, this volume covers all aspects of the Plains Indians' beliefs, complete with examples of authentic works of art, songs, stories, and more. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in culture of the native Americans, and it would make for a worthy addition to allied collections. Contents include: “The Creation”, “How the World was Made”, “The Flood and the Rainbow”, “The First Fire”, “The Ancestors of People”, “Origin of Strawberries”, “Sacred Legend”, “The Legend of the Peace Pipes”, “A Tradition of the Calumet”, “The Sacred Pole”, “Ikto and the Thunders”, “The Thunder Bird”, “The Thunder Bird” et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.