The destruction of the bison :: an environmental history, 1750-1920 /

"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 A...

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1. Verfasser: Isenberg, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in environment and history.
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Zusammenfassung:"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 central cause of the near-extinction of the bison. Cultural and ecological interactions created new types of bison hunters on both sides of the encounter: mounted Indian nomads and Euroamerican industrial hidemen. Together with environmental pressures, these hunters nearly extinguished the bison
In the early twentieth century, nostalgia about the very cultural strife that first threatened the bison became, ironically, an important impetus to its preservation."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107720121
1107720125
9780511549861
0511549865
9781107714649
1107714648

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