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The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture As Colonization in the American West - Studies in Rural Culture Frieda Knobloch New edition
The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture As Colonization in the American West - Studies in Rural Culture
Frieda Knobloch
Combines cultural and technological history, to show how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American west. The author uses agricultural textbooks, USDA documents and settlement accounts to explore the idea that civilization progresses by bringing agriculture to the wilderness.
220 pages, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 16, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807845851 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 220 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 15 mm · 349 g |
| Language | English |