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Our Barren Lands. The Interior Of The United States West Of The 100Th Meridian And East Of The Sierra Nevadas

Our Barren Lands. The Interior Of The United States West Of The 100Th Meridian And East Of The Sierra Nevadas

Babcock Hazen, William

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral World HistoryRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 9354502598
ISBN13: 9789354502590
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Beyond the romance of the frontier lies the hard arithmetic of soil, rain, and rivers. Water decides everything out here. In Our Barren Lands, William Babcock Hazen delivers a sharp-eyed 19th century government report on the trans-mississippi frontier region: the Interior of the United States west of the 100th meridian boundary and east of the Sierra Nevadas. Drawing on frontier exploration and surveys, Hazen maps the arid lands of west and the realities of great plains water scarcity, weighing what can and cannot be farmed, grazed, or settled. Read it as history with bite: a practical argument about irrigation and land settlement, public policy, and the costs of wishful thinking. Hazen writes with soldierly clarity, turning tables and river lines into decisions that shaped towns and livelihoods. For readers of western history research source material, it is a grounded guide to how the West was measured, debated, and narrated; for general readers, it is a brisk, revealing window onto the landscapes behind the legend. Its lasting importance sits beside John Wesley Powell aridity debates and the long question of how a continent manages limited water. As an environmental history primary source and a public domain classic reprint in a complete unabridged edition, it speaks directly to modern conversations about drought, development, and the limits of expansion. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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