[PDF.20om] The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture As Colonization in the American West (Studies in Rural Culture)

The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture As Colonization in the American West (Studies in Rural Culture)

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In this innovative work of cultural and technological history, Frieda Knobloch describes how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American West between 1862 and 1945. Using agricultural textbooks, USDA documents, and historical accounts of western settlement, she explores the implications of the premise that civilization progresses by bringing agriculture to wilderness. Her analysis is the first to place the trans-Mississippi West in the broad context of E...

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