02750pam 2200625 a 450 99624795970331620230828231427.01-322-59614-X(CKB)1000000000396836(MH)001163349-2(SSID)ssj0000084937(PQKBManifestationID)11987620(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084937(PQKBWorkID)10007996(PQKB)11462711(EXLCZ)99100000000039683619821019d1983 ub 0engtxtccrThis land, this South an environmental history /Albert E. Cowdrey[electronic resource][Lexington, Ky.] University Press of Kentuckyc19831 online resource (xii, 236 p., [1] p. of plates )ill. ;New perspectives on the South This land, this SouthNew perspectives on the SouthIncludes index.0-8131-0851-9 0-8131-0302-9 Bibliography: p. [221]-227.Isolation and upheaval -- The problem of survival -- The uses of the wild -- The row-crop empire -- Exploitation limited -- Exploitation unlimited -- Conserve and develop -- The transformation begins -- South into sunbelt -- Myth and dream: an epilogue."Here is a story of the long interaction between man, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitation and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the persistent search for knowledge and wisdom. It is a story whose villains were also its victims and sometimes its heroes."--Jacket.THIS LAND, THIS SOUTHHuman ecologySouthern StatesHistoryHuman ecologyHistorySouthern StatesAnthropologyHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCAnthropogeography & Human EcologyHILCCSouthern StatesDescription and travelSouthern StatesHistoryHistory.fastHuman ecologyHistory.Human ecologyHistoryAnthropologySocial SciencesAnthropogeography & Human Ecology333.73/0975Cowdrey Albert E1019979DLCDLCBOOK996247959703316This land, this South2408270UNISAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress