The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 / Andrew C. Isenberg.
The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 / Andrew C. Isenberg.
The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 / Andrew C. Isenberg.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N333.95964/1
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English
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xii, 206 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Grassland Environment -- 2. The Genesis of the Nomads -- 3. The Nomadic Experiment -- 4. The Ascendancy of the Market -- 5. The Wild and the Tamed -- 6. The Returns of the Bison.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2000.
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"The Destruction of the Bison explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than 1000 a century later. In this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, Andrew C. Isenberg argues that the cultural and ecological encounter between Native Americans and Euroamericans in the Great Plains was the...
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The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 / Andrew C. Isenberg.
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Studies in environment and history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N333.95964/1
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74VvN0aXjXMM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvN0aXjXMM
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0521771722
9780521771726
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333.9596430978
333.9596431370973
333.959643
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991013050839702626
