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Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory
Bonnie Lynn-Sherow
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Description for Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory
Hardcover. 'Red Earth' explores intersections between community and land use in Oklahoma, through the study of three central counties that, following the Land Rush of 1889, became home to ethnically distinct communities: Kiowas, White settlers and Black settlers. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Before the great Land Rush of 1889, Oklahoma territory was an island of wildness, home to one of the last tracts of biologically diverse prairie. In the space of a quarter century, the territory had given over to fenced farmsteads, with even the racial diversity of its recent past simplified. In this book, Bonnie Lynn-Sherow describes how a thriving ecology was reduced by market agriculture. Examining three central Oklahoma counties with distinct populations - Kiowas, white settlers, and black settlers - she analyzes the effects of racism, economics, and politics on prairie landscapes while addressing the broader issues of settlement ... Read more
Before the great Land Rush of 1889, Oklahoma territory was an island of wildness, home to one of the last tracts of biologically diverse prairie. In the space of a quarter century, the territory had given over to fenced farmsteads, with even the racial diversity of its recent past simplified. In this book, Bonnie Lynn-Sherow describes how a thriving ecology was reduced by market agriculture. Examining three central Oklahoma counties with distinct populations - Kiowas, white settlers, and black settlers - she analyzes the effects of racism, economics, and politics on prairie landscapes while addressing the broader issues of settlement ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700613243
SKU
V9780700613243
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