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Images of the plains : the role of human nature in settlement / edited by Brian W. Blouet and Merlin P. Lawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hewes, Leslie, 1906-1999.
- Hewes, Leslie.
- Great Plains--Congresses.
- Great Plains.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1975]
- Summary:
- Sixteen papers by foremost American, Canadian, and English historical geographers examine the sources of Imagery of the American and Canadian Great Plains, the processes of image formation, and the behavioral implications of various kinds of images. The papers deal with exploratory images of the Plains, resource evaluation in the prefrontier West, governmental appraisal of the western frontier, real and imagined climatic hazards, the desert and garden myths, and adaptations to reality.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at the conference held Apr. 30-May 1, 1973 at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
- Includes bibliographies.
- ISBN:
- 0803208391 :
- OCLC:
- 1093775
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