Title: The grassland of North America; prolegomena to its history, with addenda and postscript,
Authors: Malin, James C. 1893-1979
Publisher: P. Smith,
Year: 1967
Subjects: Human geography West (U.S.); Physical geography West (U.S.); Grasslands North America.
Contents: The grass problem -- Plant ecology -- Ecology: Animal ecology, Insect ecology, Plant-animal relations and biotequilibriumium -- Climatology -- Geology and geography -- Soil: Soil science, Soil microbiology -- The grass formations: the ecologists' view -- The grassland and early explorations: Southern -- The grassland and early explorations: Central -- Factors in grassland equilibrium -- Science and social theory -- The communications revolution -- Pioneering toward grassland regionalism: William Gilpin, A.D. Richardson, Cyrus Thomas, Josiah Strong, N.S. Shaler, J.W. Powell, W.D. Johnson, E.W. Hilgard, F.H. King, W.E. Smythe, H.W. Campbell, E.C. Chilcott, H.L. Shantz, Isaiah Bowman -- Soil physics and tillage -- Webb and regionalism -- Methodology for history of social change: Population studies -- Agricultural studies -- Land tenure, operator turnover, and farm organization -- The community and the city -- Harmonization of culture -- An open system -- Introduction -- Ecology and history -- Man, state of nature, and climax -- Soil, animal and plant relations -- History of geographical area.