wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Sod Busting: How Families Made Farms on the Nineteenth-Century Plains
ISBN: 9781421414515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Prairie busting is central to the lore of westward expansion, but how was it actually accomplished with little more than animal and human power? In Sod Busting, David B. Danbom tells the story of Great Plains settlement in a way it has seldom been told before. Stretching beyond the sweeping accounts typical of standard textbooks, Danbom challenges students to think about the many practicalities of surviving on the Great Plains in the late nineteenth century by providing a detailed account of how settlers acquired land and made homes, farms, and communities. He examines the... Prairie busting is central to the lore of westward expansion, but how was it actually accomplished with little more than animal and human power? In... |
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100,04 zł |
Sod Busting: How Families Made Farms on the Nineteenth-Century Plains
ISBN: 9781421414508 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Prairie busting is central to the lore of westward expansion, but how was it actually accomplished with little more than animal and human power? In Sod Busting, David B. Danbom tells the story of Great Plains settlement in a way it has seldom been told before. Stretching beyond the sweeping accounts typical of standard textbooks, Danbom challenges students to think about the many practicalities of surviving on the Great Plains in the late nineteenth century by providing a detailed account of how settlers acquired land and made homes, farms, and communities. He examines the... Prairie busting is central to the lore of westward expansion, but how was it actually accomplished with little more than animal and human power? In... |
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210,89 zł |
Bridging the Distance: Common Issues of the Rural West
ISBN: 9781607814559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Bridging the Distance examines a number of the problems and prospects of the rural West that have largely been neglected by scholars. The issues are considered in four sections--Defining the Rural West, Community, Economy, and Land Use--each with an introduction by editor David Danbom. The essays highlight factors that set the region apart from the rest of the country and provide varied perspectives on challenges faced by those living in often isolated areas. Contributors cover matters such as a hazing incident that divided a small Colorado town and the effects of media coverage;...
Bridging the Distance examines a number of the problems and prospects of the rural West that have largely been neglected by scholars. The issue...
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205,21 zł |
Fargo, North Dakota: 1870-1940
ISBN: 9781531613709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Established in 1872 when the Northern Pacific crossed the Red River from Moorhead, Fargo quickly became an important town. The combination of the railroad and the wheat boom created a flourishing frontier city in the 1870s. The railroads brought goods into Fargo for sale, and established it as the areas major retail, wholesale, and service center. From 1880 to 1940 Fargo grew consistently with substantial immigration. Many of the early city leaders were Yankees from states such as Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois, as well as Canadians. European immigration before 1900 was...
Established in 1872 when the Northern Pacific crossed the Red River from Moorhead, Fargo quickly became an important town. The combination of the rail...
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133,35 zł |