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This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain
Mikko Saikku
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Description for This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain
Hardcover. This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 b/w photos, 5 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 640.
This Delta, This Land is a comprehensive environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta - the first one to place the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. The Delta, the floodplain between two great rivers in the northwestern corner of Mississippi, has changed enormously since the Civil War. Agriculture, lumbering, and flood-management schemes have transformed it beyond recognition - and beyond any prospects for a full recovery. However, says Mikko Saikku, the 150 years following the Civil War brought greater environmental change than we generally realize. Also, the long-term environmental history of the Delta is much more complex ... Read more
This Delta, This Land is a comprehensive environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta - the first one to place the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. The Delta, the floodplain between two great rivers in the northwestern corner of Mississippi, has changed enormously since the Civil War. Agriculture, lumbering, and flood-management schemes have transformed it beyond recognition - and beyond any prospects for a full recovery. However, says Mikko Saikku, the 150 years following the Civil War brought greater environmental change than we generally realize. Also, the long-term environmental history of the Delta is much more complex ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820325347
SKU
V9780820325347
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