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Global Change In The High Plains Of North America, Jane H. Bock, William D. Bowman, Carl E. Bock
Global Change In The High Plains Of North America, Jane H. Bock, William D. Bowman, Carl E. Bock
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The High Plains of North America extends from Canada to northern Mexico. This grassland region is subject to prolonged drought, herbivory, and wildfire. Organisms that are indigenous to the High Plains are adapted to these environmental factors. Periodic droughts occur at inexact, but few year, intervals. The grazing by free ranging bison, the indigenous large herbivore, has been replaced by grazing of fenced domestic stock. Fire regimes throughout human occupation of the region have been greatly influenced by human activities. Cultivation of wheat and corn also is carried out in the region.
Predicted climate changes in this region are increased …
The Lucanidae And Passalidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of Nebraska, Brett C. Ratcliffe
The Lucanidae And Passalidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of Nebraska, Brett C. Ratcliffe
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
A faunal study of the five species of Lucanidae and one species of Passalidae that occur in Nebraska is presented. All of these species are near the extreme western limit of their geographic range in North America, and five of the six species are reported from Nebraska for the first time. The treatment for each species consists of synonymy, description, general distribution, Nebraska locality records, temporal distribution in the state, remarks on identification, reference to larval descriptions when available, and information about the biology and ecology of each species when known. Distribution maps, showing the Nebraska records, are given for …
The Rural-Urban Continuum And Environmental Concerns, J. Allen Williams Jr., Helen A. Moore
The Rural-Urban Continuum And Environmental Concerns, J. Allen Williams Jr., Helen A. Moore
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Studies have generally found rural residents to be less concerned about environmental problems than urbanites. This difference has been attributed primarily to a nature-exploitative attitude of farmers. The present study finds little support for this proposition, but an alternative explanation, derived from rational choice and exchange theory, is supported. Owner-operator farmers are different from tenants and absentee owners in their level of environmental concern and shift positions across the range of environmental issues, as do rural nonfarm and small town residents. Furthermore, urban respondents are not consistently more likely than all rural categories to show the greatest environmental concern.
Frontier Flintlocks: A Fault Tree Analysis Of Firearm Use At Contact Period Sites Of The Great Plains, Peter Bleed, Daniel Watson
Frontier Flintlocks: A Fault Tree Analysis Of Firearm Use At Contact Period Sites Of The Great Plains, Peter Bleed, Daniel Watson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Gun part assemblages from several Euroamerican and Native American contact period sites from the Plains are compared as a way of examining how firearms were incorporated into Native technology of the Plains region. These data are interpreted in terms of a “fault tree analysis," an operations research technique that identifies potential points of failure in technical systems in order to study patterns of use, maintenance, and reliability. The analysis indicates distinctively different patterns of gun repair and treatment by Indians and Euroamericans but suggests that Indians were quite capable of repairing firearms and that they systematically reused parts from failed …
Farm Women's Labor Contributions To Agricultural Operations, Audie Blevins, Katherine Jensen
Farm Women's Labor Contributions To Agricultural Operations, Audie Blevins, Katherine Jensen
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Employment data for women living on farms/ranches in six Wyoming counties were gathered in 1985 and 1986 as part of a farm/ranch households survey. This paper focuses on female employment and its contribution to the economic viability of farm operations, by considering the importance of women's as well as men's employment in maintaining the economic viability of farming/ranching operations during a farm crisis and a wage boom. Although an equal percentage of females and males work off-farm, the data show gender-defined patterns. While size of farm operation was a major predictor of the likelihood of engaging in off-farm employment for …
Observed Variations In Great Plains Seasonal Temperatures During The Past Century, Nolan J. Doesken, Thomas B. Mckee
Observed Variations In Great Plains Seasonal Temperatures During The Past Century, Nolan J. Doesken, Thomas B. Mckee
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Time series of observed seasonal temperature data from selected locations on the American Great Plains contain a great deal of information on the nature and scales of climate variations over the past century. At four long-term stations in eastern Colorado, trends of increasing mean maximum and minimum temperatures occurred in all seasons except autumn; with most warming preceding 1940. Diurnal range has been decreasing considerably in recent decades, but long-term trends are not consistent at all locations. Interannual variability has also been changed but does not show a systematic trend.
Time series similarities across the Great Plains decay rapidly over …
Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 2
Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 2
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Includes:
Cover
Publisher Information (The Center for Great Plains Studies)
Copyright page
Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
News and Notes
Annual Index
Calls for Papers (2)
Advertisements (2)
Instructions to Authors
Sustainability Of The Great Plains In An Uncertain Climate, William E. Riebsame
Sustainability Of The Great Plains In An Uncertain Climate, William E. Riebsame
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The potential for social adaptation to climate change on the Great Plains is examined and a framework offered for sharpening the inquiry into regional agricultural sustainability. The future of Plains agriculture in a worsening climate depends on several factors, but a key characteristic is whether the system is fundamentally adaptable (able to change form and function markedly under new conditions) or resilient (likely to attempt to maintain "normal" operations via disaster relief and other social maintenance schemes in future droughts). In a cumulative climate deterioration, adaptive strategies are likely to yield less abrupt social dislocation, but debate over the sustainability …
Snow Cover Variability On The Northern And Central Great Plains, David A. Robinson, Marilyn G. Hughes
Snow Cover Variability On The Northern And Central Great Plains, David A. Robinson, Marilyn G. Hughes
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Winter snow cover duration has varied across the northern and central Great Plains of the United States throughout this century. Decade-to-decade variability has been common, and the timing of these fluctuations has differed considerably across the region. A general trend towards longer snow cover duration was noted from the 1920s and 1930s to the 1970s. Nine stations with continuous records of snow cover, temperature, precipitation, and snowfall dating back 61 to 97 years were studied. Snow cover fluctuations and trends are associated with changes of these other variables. Such relationships are complex and differ across the Great Plains. Correlations between …
Review Of Agricultural Bioethics: Implications Of Agricultural Biotechnology, Steven M. Gendel, A. David Kline, D. Michael Warren, And Faye Yates, Eds., Vernon W. Ruttan
Review Of Agricultural Bioethics: Implications Of Agricultural Biotechnology, Steven M. Gendel, A. David Kline, D. Michael Warren, And Faye Yates, Eds., Vernon W. Ruttan
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This book is largely the product of a series of faculty discussions and a symposium held at Iowa State University in 1987. It represents a comprehensive treatment of the safety and regulatory issues, economic prospects, social considerations, and ethical dilemmas emerging from advances in molecular biology and agricultural biotechnology. Major attention is focused on bovine growth hormone bGH). The book is the most useful introduction to these issues available under one cover. It is also a book of highly uneven quality. The papers range from advocacy journalism to carefully reasoned argument and rigorous sifting of evidence. I particularly recommend the …
The Geologic Record Of Wind Erosion, Eolian Deposition, And Aridity On The Southern High Plains, Vance T. Holliday
The Geologic Record Of Wind Erosion, Eolian Deposition, And Aridity On The Southern High Plains, Vance T. Holliday
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Evidence of wind erosion, accumulation of airborne sediments, and drought is preserved on the Southern High Plains. Eolian deposition in the Holocene concentrated between 6000 and 4500 years ago. The Blackwater Draw Formation indicates episodic wind erosion and deposition in the past 1.6 million years. The Ogallala Formation suggests a vast, sandy eolian plain accumulated episodically between 4 and 11 million years. Warmer and drier conditions predicted for the region in a globally-warmer climate will thus be superimposed upon prevailing characteristics of wind and relative aridity that have dominated recent geologic time.
Relationships Between 700 Mb Circulation Variations And Great Plains Climate, Daniel J. Leathers
Relationships Between 700 Mb Circulation Variations And Great Plains Climate, Daniel J. Leathers
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The relationship between monthly midtropospheric circulation variations, occurring in the North American sector, and surface temperature and precipitation across the Great Plains is evaluated for the middle month of each season (January, April, July, and October). The results demonstrate that monthly Great Plains temperature variability is strongly associated with the major pattems of midtropospheric circulation variation during all months considered. Temporally, the strongest associations are observed during October. However, January, July, and April also exhibit spatially coherent regions of strong association. Spatially, the relationship tends to be strongest in the northern Plains, with decreasing association to the south. Precipitation-midtroposphere relationships …
Hydroclimatic Variability On The Great Plains, Michael J. Keables
Hydroclimatic Variability On The Great Plains, Michael J. Keables
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This study identifies the spatial variability of the hydroclimatology of the Great Plains. Spatial associations of monthly midtropospheric circulation anomalies, total precipitation, and mean stream discharge are identified using an unrotated principal component analysis. Three hydroclimatic associations, representing synoptic circulation features and associated precipitation and stream discharge patterns, identify specific circulation anomalies and corresponding spatial pattems of surface hydrology in the northern, central, and southern Great Plains. Results indicate that nearly 47% of the hydrologic (precipitation and stream discharge) variability during summer is attributed to synoptic-scale midtropospheric circulation anomalies, with sub-synoptic convectional processes accounting for approximately 42% of the hydrologic …
Lowering Real Interest Rates Could Slow Global Warming, Craig S. Marxsen
Lowering Real Interest Rates Could Slow Global Warming, Craig S. Marxsen
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion have increased markedly in this century. Increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are thought likely to help produce a warming of global climate. Many strategies to reduce or reverse the anticipated global warming point to reductions of fossil fuel combustion as a primary ingredient. This paper examines the possibility of obtaining a decrease in world petroleum supply as a result of reducing interest rates relative to the rate of inflation.
Drought And Precipitation Fluctuations In The Great Plains During The Late Nineteenth Century, Cary J. Mock
Drought And Precipitation Fluctuations In The Great Plains During The Late Nineteenth Century, Cary J. Mock
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Monthly precipitation data in the Great Plains from the late nineteenth century (1851–1890) were compared with modem analogs. Seasonal precipitation changes were identified since 1858–1877, depending on the amount of data available, and additional droughts were inferred back to 1851. Regional droughts did not clearly fit any cycle. Precipitation during fall and winter was less than 1951–1980 averages during most of the late nineteenth century. Wetter than modern average springs and summers occurred in the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. Relationships of these conditions to changes in mid-tropospheric circulation are suggested. Results from this study can be used for verification of …
Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 1
Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 1
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Includes:
Cover
Publisher Information (The Center for Great Plains Studies)
Copyright page
Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
News and Notes
Calls for Papers (2)
Advertisements (2)
Instructions to Authors
Review Of Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View Of The Sioux War Of 1876., Thomas W. Dunlay
Review Of Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View Of The Sioux War Of 1876., Thomas W. Dunlay
Great Plains Quarterly
It is only in recent decades that the Trans-Mississippi Indian wars have become the subject of considerable scholarly as well as popular investigation and writing. It is even more recently that such study has gone beyond indignation at the fate of the Indians themselves. Sherry L. Smith's book is an attempt to understand both sides, and in particular those generally unheard participants, the enlisted men of the regular army. William Earl Smith was the author's great-grandfather, and a major part of the book is his journal of the campaign of General George Crook against the Sioux and Northern Cheyennes in …
Review Of Images Of The West: Changing Perceptions Of The Prairies, 1690-1960., Robert Thacker
Review Of Images Of The West: Changing Perceptions Of The Prairies, 1690-1960., Robert Thacker
Great Plains Quarterly
Over the past several years, Western Producer Prairie Books has published volumes that demonstrate-quite apart from the materials they offer and the arguments they advancethe enduring "lure of the land" felt by English-Canadians (both prairie dwellers and those living elsewhere) toward their prairie as an evocative and formative landscape. Ronald Rees's Land of Earth and Sky: Landscape Painting of Western Canada (1984) and New and Naked Land: Making the Prairies Home (1988), from the same press, and now R. Douglas Francis's Images of the West, suggest that Western Producer is tapping a general interest in the Canadian prairie landscape …
Wyoming Political Surprises In The Late 1980s: Deviating Elections In A Conservative Republican State, Cal Clark, Janet Clark
Wyoming Political Surprises In The Late 1980s: Deviating Elections In A Conservative Republican State, Cal Clark, Janet Clark
Great Plains Quarterly
Wyoming is typical of the states in the upper Great Plains region (Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota) in many but not all aspects. In socioeconomic terms, the Great Plains are basically agricultural and rural with fewer prominent urban centers than elsewhere in the nation. Politically the region is generally viewed as conservative and Republican, but this image is subject to several important caveats. First, agrarian crises have periodically fueled insurgent political movements, such as the Populism of the 1890s, Progressivism in the early twentieth century, strong support for Roosevelt's New Deal, and support for populist or liberal …
More Names On Inscription Rock: Travel Writers On The Great Plains In The 1980s, Nancy Cook
More Names On Inscription Rock: Travel Writers On The Great Plains In The 1980s, Nancy Cook
Great Plains Quarterly
As in decades past, in the 1980s dozens of writers packed up their vehicles and headed west, notebooks handy. Several accounts that cover the Great Plains were published, including Mark Abley's account of the Canadian Plains, Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Prairies (1986); Out West (1987), by Dayton Duncan; The Solace of Open Spaces (1985), by Gretel Ehrlich; Ian Frazier's Great Plains (1989); The Necessity of Empty Places (1988), by Paul Gruchow; British mountaineer Gwen Moffat's Hard Road West: Alone on the California Trail (1981); and The Hidden West (1983), by Rob Schultheis.
"Pap" Singleton's Dunlap Colony: Relief Agencies And The Failure Of A Black Settlement In Easter Kansas, Joseph V. Hickey
"Pap" Singleton's Dunlap Colony: Relief Agencies And The Failure Of A Black Settlement In Easter Kansas, Joseph V. Hickey
Great Plains Quarterly
"T here are gathered at Dunlap and vicinity at the present time between 275 and 300 families of colored people, all of whom are succeeding quite well and many of whom are on the road to prosperity. The plan of Dunlap Colony is very simple, the chief reason, probably, of the success met with, being the fact that every settler is compelled to own his property, no renting being permitted ... as Mr. Atchison expressed it, "everyone is fat and happy . . ."
British Remittance Men As Ranchers: The Case Of Coutts Marjoribanks And Edmund Thursby, 1884-95, Larry A. Mcfarlane
British Remittance Men As Ranchers: The Case Of Coutts Marjoribanks And Edmund Thursby, 1884-95, Larry A. Mcfarlane
Great Plains Quarterly
Frederick Jackson Turner's is only the most compelling of many accounts that portrayed the frontier West as a region of opportunity where sturdy individuals from modest social and economic backgrounds could get a leg up o~ the ladder of success. This frontier was a healthier place than longer settled areas because westerners valued newcomers for their hard work, for what they could do, not for their family status or wealth, and individuals achieved whatever level of success their own abilities and motivations allowed. But as British and even eastern travelers to the frontier often reported, this egalitarianism often had a …
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Winter 1991 Vol. 11 No. 1
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Winter 1991 Vol. 11 No. 1
Great Plains Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Male Teachers, Male Roles: The Progressive Era And Education In Oklahoma, Courtney Ann Farr, Jeffrey A. Liles
Male Teachers, Male Roles: The Progressive Era And Education In Oklahoma, Courtney Ann Farr, Jeffrey A. Liles
Great Plains Quarterly
In 1975 a total of sixty-seven Anglo men responded to a letter sent to all its members by the Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association (ORTA), asking them to record in autobiographical sketches their reasons for becoming teachers and the benefits that they had derived from that choice. l A collective portrait of these transitional professional men spans the Progressive Era, the 1920s, and the Great Depression and, in so doing, describes two sets of phenomena: first, the social context within which the men became teachers and administrators-- communities' willingness to pay men more and to exclude women from so-called "male" positions-and …
Willard Kimball: Music Educator On The Great Plains, Marilyn Hammond, Raymond Haggh
Willard Kimball: Music Educator On The Great Plains, Marilyn Hammond, Raymond Haggh
Great Plains Quarterly
Histories of American music are largely histories of that part of the United States that lies east of the Mississippi, especially of the eastern seaboard. H. Wiley Hitchcock in his Music in the United States tends to dismiss the area to the west of such cities as Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis as of little importance for American music history, but because almost no research has been done on the music of that area, he has nothing on which to base his assumptions. For the researcher who troubles to look for it, there is ample evidence in the periodicals …
Index To Fall 1991 Vol.11 No.4
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Fall 1991 Vol. 11 No. 4
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Fall 1991 Vol. 11 No. 4
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No abstract provided.
Review Of Lizzie: The Letters Of Elizabeth Chester Fisk, 1864- 1893,, Paula Petrik
Review Of Lizzie: The Letters Of Elizabeth Chester Fisk, 1864- 1893,, Paula Petrik
Great Plains Quarterly
Unlike many of the collections of letters or journals written by women chronicling the nineteenth-century western experience that center on rural women's lives or the overland trip, Elizabeth Chester Fisk's letters describe a western woman in an urban environment. From Lizzie's riverboat trip up the Missouri River to Helena, Montana, in 1867 to the death of her mother and correspondent in 1893, the editor has chosen the best from a large collection. Through her letters, the reader glimpses the public and private politics that marked Lizzie's life and the tension between a woman's affiliations with family and the community and …
Review Of Heaven Is Near The Rocky Mountains, Robin Ridington
Review Of Heaven Is Near The Rocky Mountains, Robin Ridington
Great Plains Quarterly
Thomas Woolsey was a Methodist missionary in the Edmonton region between 1855 and 1864. This book is a collection of his letters and journals, edited by historian Hugh Dempsey. Woolsey seems to have been concerned more with combating his Oblate "Romish" competitors than he was in understanding the Cree, Stoney, Blackfoot, and Sarcee Indians with whom he came into contact. Woolsey was thoroughly convinced of the superiority of his Methodism over heathenism and popery alike. He seems to have been a decent and articulate person, but not a particularly engaged observer of the Indian peoples to whom he ministered.
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Spring 1991 Vol. 11 No. 2
Great Plains Quarterly: Table Of Contents Spring 1991 Vol. 11 No. 2
Great Plains Quarterly
No abstract provided.