The Great Columbia Plain : A Historical Geography, 1805-1910 /

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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 geogra...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Meinig, D. W. (Donald William), 1924-2020
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1995.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Historische Landeskunde.
Historical geography.
Columbiaplateau.
United States > Columbia River Valley.
Columbia, Vallee de la > Geographie historique.
Columbia River Valley > Historical geography.
Columbia.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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
  • 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).

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