The Great Columbia Plain A Historical Geography, 1805-1910 / by D.W. Meinig ; with a foreword by William Cronon, and new preface by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meinig, D. W. (Donald William), 1924-2020.

Series:

Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography

Weyerhaeuser environmental classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical geography.

United States--Columbia River Valley.

Genre:

Columbia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open country that covers the interior parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is today one of the richest farmlands in the nation. This work is the story of its transformation. Meinig traces all of the aspects of its development by combining geographic description with historical narrative.

Contents:

10. Conquest: Some Patterns, Methods, and Ideas, 1870-90

11. Empire: Town and Country, ca. 1890

12. Elaboration: Some Patterns and Methods

13. Inquiry: The Farmer and the Scientist, ca. 1890-1910

14. Culmination: The Great Columbia Plain, ca. 1910

15. Perspectives: History, Geography, and Culture

Appendix: Populations and Facilities of Towns, 1890 and 1910 (Table 2).

1. Setting: Landscapes, Seasons, and People, ca. 1800

2. Entry: By East and by North

3. Competition: By Land and by Sea

4. Monopoly: London Rules the Columbia

5. Matrix: American Visions and Ventures

6. Missions: Protestants and Priests

7. Preparation: Clearing, Organizing, and Evaluating the Land

8. Colonization: Gold, Grass, and Grain

9. Strategy: Settlers and Railroads, 1870-90

Notes:

Originally published: 1968. (The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-295-80519-6

OCLC:

949883803