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Wetlands of the American Midwest : a historical geography of changing attitudes / Hugh Prince.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: University of Chicago geography research paper ; no. 241.Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 395 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0226682803
  • 9780226682808
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wetlands of the American Midwest.DDC classification:
  • 333.91/8/0977 21
LOC classification:
  • GB624 .P75 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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