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The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 /

"The Destruction of the Bison explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than 1000 a century later. In this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, Andrew C. Isenberg argues that the cultural and ecological encounter between Native A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Isenberg, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Studies in environment and history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The grassland environment
  • The genesis of the Nomads
  • The Nomadic experiment
  • The ascendancy of the market
  • The wild and the tamed
  • The return of the bison.