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The prairie winnows out its own [[electronic resource] ] : the West River Country of South Dakota in the years of depression and dust / / Paula M. Nelson



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Autore: Nelson Paula <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The prairie winnows out its own [[electronic resource] ] : the West River Country of South Dakota in the years of depression and dust / / Paula M. Nelson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 978.3/032
Soggetto topico: Agriculture - South Dakota - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: South Dakota History
South Dakota Economic conditions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction: After the West Was Won; Chapter 1. Room at the Bottom; Chapter 2. The Cow, the Sow, and the Hen; Chapter 3. If a Woman Is a True Companion; Chapter 4. Not a Young Chicago; Chapter 5. The Social Costs of Space; Chapter 6. Seedtime and Harvest Shall Not Cease; Chapter 7. In the Last Days, Perilous Times Shall Come; Chapter 8. The Plainsman Cannot Assume; Chapter 9. Outside the Shelterbelt; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Between 1900 and 1915, in the last great land rush, over one hundred thousand homesteaders flooded into the west river country of South Dakota, a land noted for its aridity and unpredictable weather, its treelessness, and its endless sky. The settlers of "the last, best west" weathered their first crisis in the severe drought of 1910-1911, which winnowed out many of the speculators and faint of heart; they abandoned their founding hopes of quick success and substituted a new ethos of "next year country"-while this year was hard, next year would be better, an ironic phrase at once optim
Titolo autorizzato: The prairie winnows out its own  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58729-167-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778723703321
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