A thousand pieces of paradise : landscape and property in the Kickapoo Valley /

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"A Thousand Pieces of Paradise in an ecological history of property and a cultural history of rural ecosystems set in one of Wisconsin's most famous regions, the Kickapoo Valley. While examining the national war on soil erosion in the 1930s, a controversial real estate development scheme,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heasley, Lynne
Autor Corporativo: Center for American Places
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2005.
Colección:Wisconsin land and life.
Temas:
Landscapes > Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley > History.
Property > Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley > History.
Land tenure > Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley > History.
Land use > Political aspects > Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley > History.
Landscape protection > Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Ecology.
Geography.
Land tenure.
Land use > Political aspects.
Landscape protection.
Landscapes.
Property.
Kickapoo River Valley (Wis.) > History.
Kickapoo River Valley (Wis.) > Geography.
Kickapoo River Valley (Wis.) > Environmental conditions.
Wisconsin > Kickapoo River Valley.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: weekend drive, Summer 2002
  • Part One: Landscape Succession
  • Intended consequences: soil conservation
  • A midwestern ranch
  • What the real estate ads don't tell you
  • Part Two: A Community on the Land
  • Outsiders
  • An Amish environment
  • Part Three: Negotiating the Past and Future Landscape
  • A dam for new times
  • Deer unlimited
  • (Re)enter the Ho-Chunk
  • Conclusion: claims on paradise.

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