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Author:

Stoll, Steven.

Title:

Larding the lean Earth : soil and society in nineteenth-century America / Steven Stoll.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hill and Wang,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xii, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Soil conservation--United States--History--19th century.
Soil fertility--United States--History--19th century.
Agriculture--History--United States--History--19th century.
Land settlement--United States--History--19th century.
Soil conservation--History--19th century.
Soil fertility--History--19th century.
Agriculture--History--History--19th century.
Land settlement--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274).

Contents:

Prologue : Litchfield -- Forming the furrow slice -- Ethic of permanence -- Laying waste -- Panic -- Dunghill doctrines -- Island states -- Another world -- Hints to emigrants -- Fleece and bounties -- Oldfield -- Our most fatal loss -- Mouth full of ashes -- Conclusion -- Toward conservation -- Robinson's prairie -- Striving after harmony -- Epilogue : Fredericksburg.

ISBN:

9780809064311 (hc)
0809064316 (hc)

LCCN:

2002023279

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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