Southeast Missouri from swampland to farmland the transformation of the lowlands
"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 sociolog...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 247 pages Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780786479955 978-0-7864-7995-5 |