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02516aam a22004458i 4500 001 3E8FF85A475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170224s2017 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017008610 020 $a 0786479957 020 $a 9780786479955 035 $a (OCoLC)959535339 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-mo 050 00 $a TC977.M8 $b F57 2017 082 00 $a 333.73/153097789 $2 23 100 1 $a Fisher, John C., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Southeast Missouri from swampland to farmland : $b the transformation of the lowlands / $c John C. Fisher. 263 $a 1704 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c 2017. 300 $a pages cm 520 2 $a "The conversion of swampland to farmland began with small, local drainage projects but complete reclamation was made possible by a system of ditches dug by the Little River Drainage District. This book chronicles the development of the region in the contexts of its geology, history and sociology"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Geology and geography of the lowlands -- The first inhabitants -- Euro-American settlement to 1811 -- The New Madrid earthquakes -- Settlement, early agriculture and civil war -- Transportation -- Timber -- Beginning reclamation -- Little River Drainage District : organization and opposition -- Little River Drainage District : planning and construction -- Little River Drainage District : floods, the Great Depression, financial failure and recovery -- Land promotion, post-drainage agriculture and social change -- New political and religious movements and the sharecropper demonstration -- Politics and farm labor changes -- End of an era. 610 20 $a Little River Drainage District (Mo.) $x History. 650 0 $a Reclamation of land $z Missouri $x History. 650 0 $a Drainage $z Missouri $x History. 650 0 $a Swamps $z Missouri $x History. 650 0 $a Geology $z Missouri $x History. 651 0 $a Missouri $x Geography. 651 0 $a Cape Girardeau Region (Mo.) $x Geography. 651 0 $a Missouri $x Environmental conditions. 651 0 $a Missouri $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Missouri $x Economic conditions. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802024349.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E8FF85A475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search