Title: The culture of wilderness : agriculture as colonization in the American West /
Authors: Knobloch, Frieda.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Agriculture West (U.S.) History.; Agriculture; Civilization; Landwirtschaft; Geschichte; Siedlung; Landbouw.; Cultuur.; Technologie.; Kolonisatie.; Agriculture West (U.S.) History.; Land settlement West (U.S.) History.; Agriculture États-Unis (ouest); West (U.S.) Civilization.; West United States; USA Weststaaten; West (U.S.) Civilization.; États-Unis (ouest) Conditions sociales.; États-Unis (ouest) Conditions économiques
Abstract: "In this innovative work of cultural and technological history, Frieda Knobloch describes how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American West between 1862 and 1945. Using agricultural textbooks, USDA documents, and historical accounts of western settlement, she explores the implications of the premise that civilization progresses by bringing agriculture to wilderness. Her analysis is the first to place the trans-Mississippi West in the brood context of European and classical Roman agricultural history."--Book cover.