Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-448) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Looking northwest from La Vérendrye Hill -- Parents' choice : taking root on the northern grasslands -- Small worlds : animal friends, foes, and place rhythms -- Sensing prairies and plains : grasses, grains, waters, woods, rocks, and snow -- "The purple hills beckoned" : growing up, travel, education, and region -- "Old woman who never dies" and "Old man's garden" : settler and indigenous relations over the generations -- "All is so still- so big, I scarce can speak" : new literature and settler society aesthetics -- "Surely grass is the great mother of all plains agriculture" : agricultural adaptation and grasslands conservation -- "All that vast region of grass land" : the United States, Canada, and changing cultural geography -- Conclusion : Looking across the line from the prairies and plains.
Summary:
"An exploration of modern regionalism and senses of place developing among generations of settler colonial society on North America's northern grasslands"-- Provided by publisher.
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