Sod Busting - How Families Made Farms on the Nineteenth-Century Plains

Informationen zum Autor David B. Danbom is a professor of history at North Dakota State University, Fargo. His books include The Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture, 1900–1930 . Klappentext Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Zusammenfassung Based on contemporary accounts! settlers' reminiscences! and the work of other historians! Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences! breaking new land.

Product details

• Authors: David B. Danbom, Danbom David B.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2014
• EAN: 9781421414508
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1450-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: How Things Worked; How Things Worked
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING