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42) Prairies
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Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
Describes the characteristics of the North American prairie, the plants and animals found there, and the efforts made to preserve and restore the landscape that once stretched unbroken from southern Canada into northernmost Mexico.
Author
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
"A guide to the American grasslands and the Grasslands National Park of Canada, The National Grasslands presents a history of the region that traces the establishment of the national grasslands as an important part of the New Deal's social revolution. The guide also provides a concise summary of the debates surrounding preservation and use, with special focus on the Buffalo Commons controversy. Each national grassland receives individual attention,...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Description
"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...