The Culture of Wilderness

The Culture of Wilderness
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 080784585X
ISBN-13 : 9780807845851
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Book Synopsis The Culture of Wilderness by : Frieda Knobloch

Download or read book The Culture of Wilderness written by Frieda Knobloch and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative work of cultural and technological history, Frieda Knobloch describes how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American West between 1862 and 1945. Using agricultural textbooks, USDA documents, and historical accounts of


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