Natives of a dry place: stories of Dakota before the oil boom

Before the oil industry transformed western North Dakota, the natives of Stanley went about their normal, everyday lives. Postmen, farmers, housewives, doctors, and other residents of the bustling town held certain qualities close as they cultivated the cultural fabric of the Great Plains. For gener...

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1. Verfasser: Edwards, Richard 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pierre, SD South Dakota State Historical Society Press [2015]
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Zusammenfassung:Before the oil industry transformed western North Dakota, the natives of Stanley went about their normal, everyday lives. Postmen, farmers, housewives, doctors, and other residents of the bustling town held certain qualities close as they cultivated the cultural fabric of the Great Plains. For generations, inhabitants of this wheat-growing region developed a combination of resoluteness, steadfastness, devotion to the community, and ever-present modesty. Contrasting these values with the trials of the modern oil-boom community, author Richard Edwards examines the old town's virtues through the stories of those who built and sustained a community on the dry, open plains in the twentieth century. A deeply personal look at a small North Dakota town, Natives of a Dry Place focuses on a not-so-distant past and takes readers on a journey of reflection to a time before big oil. Edwards uses his experience as both a historian and an economist to delve into the overarching questions of what makes a community and how it survives during times of upheaval
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index
Beschreibung:xiv, 198 pages Illustrationen, Karten 22 cm

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