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Goodlands

A Meditation and History on the Great Plains

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountifulNative soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie ecosystemthat the peoples who originally populated the land had long understoodand were able to use wisely. Settlers justified this transformationwith the unexamined premise of deficiency, according to which the vastarea of the Great Plains was inadequate in flora and fauna and lackingin the advances of modern civilization.Drawing on history, literature, art, and economic theory, Frances W.Kaye counters the argument of deficiency, pointing out that, in itsoriginal ecological state, no region can possibly be incomplete.Goodlands examines the settlers' misguided theory,discussing the ideas that shaped its implementation, the forces thatresisted it, and Indigenous ideologies about what it meant to make gooduse of the land. By suggesting methods for redeveloping the GreatPlains that are based on native cultural values, Kaye points the way toa balanced and sustainable future for the region in the context of achanging globe.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-05-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt620 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWest Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
Antal sidor384
FörlagAU Press
ISBN9781897425985

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Frances W. Kaye is a professor in the Department ofEnglish at the University of Nebraska. She has held two FulbrightTeaching Program positions, in Montreal and in Calgary, the first ofwhich resulted in the book Hiding the Audience: Arts and ArtsInstitutions on the Prairies. Kaye divides her time between afarmstead outside Lincoln, Nebraska, and a house in Calgary, so thatshe may always be close to the prairie land that drives her research.

Introduction 11. A Unified Field Theory of the Great Plains 172. Exploring the Explorers 453. Spiritual and Intellectual Resistance to Conquest, Part1: Custerand Riel 634. Spiritual and Intellectual Resistance to Conquest, Part2:Messianism, the 1885NorthwestResistance, and the 1890Lakota Ghost Dance 795. Spiritual and Intellectual Resistance to Conquest, Part3: JohnJoseph Mathews' Wah'Kon-Tah and John G. Neihardt'sBlack Elk Speaks 1116. Intellectual Justification for Conquest: ComparativeHistoriography of the Canadian and US Wests 1277. Homesteading as Capital Formation on the Great Plains 1438. The Women's West 1679. And Still the Waters 18510. Dust Bowls 20511. Mitigating but Not Rethinking: George W. Norris, Tommy Douglas,and the Great Plains 21712. Planning and Economic Theory 24313. Mouse Beans and Drowned Rivers 26514. Oil 27515. Arts, Justice, and Hope on the Great Plains 291 Conclusion 319Notes 333Credits 365Index 367