David Moon (University of York)

The American Steppes

The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s-1930s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Between the 1870s and 1930s, there were transfers of people, plants, agricultural sciences, and techniques from Russia's steppes to the similar environment of North America's Great Plains. Drawing on archival research in the US, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, this book explores the unexpected Russian roots of Great Plains agriculture.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Environment and History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 471
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9781107503205
• ISBN-10: 1107503205
• Artikelnr.: 64452253

Autorenporträt

David Moon is Visiting Professor at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, and Anniversary Professor in History at the University of York. He is the author of The Plough that Broke the Steppes: Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700¿1914 (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Contexts: 1. Settlement
2. Barriers
3. Bridges
Part II. Transfers: 4. Wheat
5. Soil science I
6. Soil science II
7. Shelterbelts I
8. Shelterbelts II
9. Tumbleweed
Conclusion
List of archival collections cited
Index.