Southeast Missouri from swampland to farmland: the transformation of the lowlands

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 -- Litt...

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1. Verfasser: Fisher, John C. 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2017]
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Zusammenfassung: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
"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index
Beschreibung:x, 247 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 22 cm
ISBN:9780786479955

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