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Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes Volume 241

Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes Volume 241

Prince, Hugh

Paperback

Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers, Book 241

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ISBN10: 0226682838
ISBN13: 9780226682839
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jan 19 1998
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.07
Language: English
How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this readable and objective account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest.

As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet areas called wet prairies, swamps, or bogs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were considered productive only when drained for agricultural use. Beginning in the 1950s, many came to see these renamed wetlands as valuable for wildlife and soil conservation.

Prince's book will appeal to a wide readership, ranging from geographers and environmental historians to the many government and private agencies and individuals concerned with wetland research, management, and preservation.

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