Images of the Plains

Images of the Plains
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0803208391
ISBN-13 : 9780803208391
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Book Synopsis Images of the Plains by : Brian W. Blouet

Download or read book Images of the Plains written by Brian W. Blouet and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen papers by foremost American, Canadian, and English historical geographers examine the sources of Imagery of the American and Canadian Great Plains, the processes of image formation, and the behavioral implications of various kinds of images. The papers deal with exploratory images of the Plains, resource evaluation in the prefrontier West, governmental appraisal of the western frontier, real and imagined climatic hazards, the desert and garden myths, and adaptations to reality.


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