LEADER 05344nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910968233403321 005 20251116180240.0 010 $a1-62349-047-2 010 $a1-60344-448-3 010 $a1-299-05226-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001004000 035 $a(OCoLC)652361127 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10436029 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000531085 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11337729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531085 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569481 035 $a(PQKB)11492653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037851 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037851 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10436029 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436476 035 $a(BIP)43281873 035 $a(BIP)13906472 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001004000 100 $a20061127d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBound in twine $ethe history and ecology of the henequen-wheat complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950 /$fSterling Evans 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (341 p.) 225 1 $aTexas A & M environmental history series ;$vno. 21 300 $a"Some portions of this work have previously been published, in slightly different form. Parts of the introduction, chapter 1, and chapter 4 appeared previously as "Dependent Harvests: Grain Production on the American and Canadian Plains and the Double Dependency with Mexico, 1880-1950," Agricultural History 80 (winter 2006): 35-63, and are reprinted here with permission from the University of California Press. Parts of chapter 5 have appeared in three separate articles: "Prison-Made Binder Twine: North Dakota's Connection with Mexico in the Early Twentieth Century," North Dakota History 68 no. 1.: 20-36, (c) 2001, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Used by permission; "From Kanasi?n to Kansas: Mexican Sisal, Binder Twine, and the State Penitentiary Binder Twine Factory, 1890-1940" appeared in Kansas History 24 (winter 2001-2002): 276-99, Kansas State Historical Society; and "Entwined in Conflict: The South Dakota State Prison Twine Factory and the Controversy of 1919-1921," appeared in South Dakota History 35 (summer 2005): 95-124, South Dakota State Historical Society. These portions are used here with permission from those journals." 311 08$a1-58544-596-7 311 08$a1-62288-001-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-305) and index. 327 $aOn the history of binders and twine: agricultural and industrial transformations in North America -- Yucata?n's henequen industry: social and environmental transformations -- Yaquis in Yucata?n: imported slave labor and the Sonora connection -- Twine diplomacy: Yucata?n, the United States, and Canada during the "sisal situation" of 1915 -- Prison-made twine: the role of the penitentiaries in the henequen-wheat complex -- Decline, depression, and drought: economic and environmental change in the Great Plains and Yucata?n, 1916-1939 -- Competition and combines: the end of the henequen-wheat story -- Conclusion: bound in twine. 330 $aBefore the invention of the combine, the binder was an essential harvesting implement that cut grain and bound the stalks in bundles tied with twine that could then be hand-gathered into shocks for threshing. Hundreds of thousands of farmers across the United States and Canada relied on binders and the twine required for the machine's operation. Implement manufacturers discovered that the best binder twine was made from henequen and sisal-spiny, fibrous plants native to the Yucata?n Peninsula of Mexico. The double dependency that subsequently developed between Mexico and the Great Plains of the United States and Canada affected the agriculture, ecology, and economy of all three nations in ways that have historically been little understood. These interlocking dependencies-identified by author Sterling Evans as the "henequen-wheat complex"-initiated or furthered major ecological, social, and political changes in each of these agricultural regions. Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Evans has woven an intricate story that will change our understanding of the complex, transnational history of the North American continent. STERLING EVANS is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in history at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba. He is the editor of The Borderlands of the American and Canadian Wests. Evans holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. 410 0$aEnvironmental history series ;$vno. 21. 606 $aTwine industry$zMexico$zYucatan (State)$xHistory 606 $aTwine industry$zNorth America$xHistory 606 $aYaqui Indians$xHistory 607 $aGreat Plains$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aTwine industry$xHistory. 615 0$aTwine industry$xHistory. 615 0$aYaqui Indians$xHistory. 676 $a338.4/767771 700 $aEvans$b Sterling$f1959-$01086858 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968233403321 996 $aBound in twine$94471941 997 $aUNINA