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Review Of The Changing Social Geography Of Canadian Cities By Larry S. Bourne And David F. Ley, Abraham Akkerman
Review Of The Changing Social Geography Of Canadian Cities By Larry S. Bourne And David F. Ley, Abraham Akkerman
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Over the years reviewers have grown weary of edited volumes. Some recent compendia of geographic research on social change seem to have only confirmed this skeptical altitude. The present book, however, is an exception. The articles were specifically commissioned by the editors according to a well-structured division into nineteen chapters within four major parts. The editors have been careful to focus on clearly defined issues, thus avoiding the trap of misdirection into which some other edited material on this subject has fallen recently. As a result, the book succeeds, overall, in a comprehensive identification of factors and effects relating to …
Review Of Long Vistas: Women And Families On Colorado Homesteads By Katherine Harris, Glenda Riley
Review Of Long Vistas: Women And Families On Colorado Homesteads By Katherine Harris, Glenda Riley
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Long Vistas is a charming odyssey which begins with Katherine Harris's own experience of western women's history and moves on to a well-written. thorough exposition regarding women homesteaders in Colorado. Harris starts with background material on the homesteading endeavor, including a discussion of railroads and water problems. About one-third of the way in she turns to women, presenting statistical charts of women's marital status, fertility, and "proving-up" rates.
This segment provides an excellent social history of women homesteaders, explaining what they brought, how much they spent, what kinds of houses they built, and what disasters they confronted. Harris has done …
Review Of The Great American Outlaw: A Legacy Of Fact And Fiction By Frank Richard Prassel, David J. Bodenhamer
Review Of The Great American Outlaw: A Legacy Of Fact And Fiction By Frank Richard Prassel, David J. Bodenhamer
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Outlaws are mythic figures in American culture. They appear in many guises: gunman, desperado, rebel, fugitive, gangster, moll, highwayman, pirate, bandit, bugheway. As metaphor, they represent loss of innocence, resistance to oppressive authority and injustice, fearlessness, independence. In fact they are far less sympathetic characters. Outlaws are classic narcissists who have laid waste and ruined lives in pursuit of no higher goal than self-benefit. Even so, they remain romantic actors in our collective imagination. Instead of bank robbers and murderers, Bonnie and Clyde become Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, beautiful people whom ill fate has placed beyond the law.
Frank …
Review Of Kansas Quilts And Quilters By B. Brackman, J. A. Chinn, G. R. Davis, T. Thompson, S. R. Farley, N. Hornback, Laurel Horton
Review Of Kansas Quilts And Quilters By B. Brackman, J. A. Chinn, G. R. Davis, T. Thompson, S. R. Farley, N. Hornback, Laurel Horton
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Kansas Quilts and Quilters represents one state's contribution to one of the most remarkable grassroots movements in the late twentieth century-the formation of groups to photograph and document quilts made or found within a particular geographic area. Quilt projects in all fifty states, as well as in Canada and the British Isles, have since 1980, recorded tens of thousands of quilts. The purpose of these projects is not merely to chalk up numbers but to provide data for a better understanding of quiltmaking as an important expression of identity and accomplishments of women.
To those accustomed to think of quilts …
Review Of Nebraskaland Magazine's The Cellars Of Time: Paleontology And Archaeology In Nebraska Vol 72, No. I. Lincoln: Nebraska Game And Parks Commission, 1994, Karl J. Reinhard
Review Of Nebraskaland Magazine's The Cellars Of Time: Paleontology And Archaeology In Nebraska Vol 72, No. I. Lincoln: Nebraska Game And Parks Commission, 1994, Karl J. Reinhard
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This is a popular-oriented work designed to acquaint Nebraskans with the paleontology and archaeology of their state. The work is divided in halves. The first half summarizes the paleontological work in Nebraska. The second half summarizes the archaeological culture history of the state.
The paleontology portion is a "must read," holistic work. It is written almost entirely by Michael R. Voorhies with one insert by Margaret R. Bolick. Voorhies has a wonderful writing style that enables him to translate complicated, technical subjects into plain English. Thus, the paleontology is summarized in wonderful prose that is a delight to read. The …
Review Of Disease And Demography In The Americas By John W. Verano And Douglas H. Ubelaker, Karl J. Reinhard
Review Of Disease And Demography In The Americas By John W. Verano And Douglas H. Ubelaker, Karl J. Reinhard
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Disease and Demography in the Americas addresses an important issue in history of European-Native American interaction: what was the disease impact of European contact? A collection of papers came from a 1989 Smithsonian sponsored conference "Disease and Demography in the Americas, Changing Patterns Before and After 1492," this edited volume addresses disease and demography on a regional basis. The first section, "Disease before and after contact" confronts the evidence of prehistoric and historic disease in North America, while the second section, "Population size before and after contact" deals with Native American population reduction at the time of contact and a …
Rural Population Change On The Canadian Prairies, William J. Carlyle
Rural Population Change On The Canadian Prairies, William J. Carlyle
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Rapid change is a hallmark of rural settlement on the Canadian Prairies. All the stages from the initial trickle of pioneers through the closer settlement of established farms to widespread and severe depopulation have been telescoped into a mere one to five generations. This paper focuses upon the geographical patterns of rural population change within the region during the twentieth century. Fundamental to this purpose are township population maps. Several main sub-regions of population change are identified. The grassland zones were settled relatively late, the rural population peaked early at moderate to low densities, and decline to sparse populations was …
Quantifying The Effect Of Technology And Management On Wheat Yields In The Western Great Plains, Elizabeth Law-Evans, Paul A. Kay
Quantifying The Effect Of Technology And Management On Wheat Yields In The Western Great Plains, Elizabeth Law-Evans, Paul A. Kay
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The relative influences of interannual climate variability, technological development, and management strategies on crop yields are difficult to separate. Assessment of climate impacts and of an agricultural system s ability to protect crops from weather-related yield changes are important questions receiving considerable attention in view of the potential for climate change. Statistical and ecological crop-climate studies have assumed that the combined effects of technology and management have produced linear or exponential yield increases in most crops in recent years.
In this study, an empirical assessment of influences of management and technology on wheat yields in north-central Colorado was made using …
Review Of The Palliser Triangle: A Region In Space And Time By R. W. Barendregt, M. C. Wilson, And F. J. Jankunis, Alex Paul
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The main title of this book might suggest to the reader that it is a work of broad scope on the subhumid to semiarid part of the Canadian prairies often called the Palliser Triangle. The second subtitle, A Festschrift Honoring Dr. Archibald MacSween Stalker, is closer to what the book really does. Indeed, not all of the chapters are about the Palliser Triangle.
Stalker is a celebrated glacial geologist/glacial geomorphologist who has made significant contributions to the understanding of the landforms of central and southern Alberta. Like myself, those who have an interest in this topic, or for that matter …
Review Of Symposium On The Impacts Of Climatic Change And Variability On The Great Plains By Geoffrey Wall, Paul A. Kay
Review Of Symposium On The Impacts Of Climatic Change And Variability On The Great Plains By Geoffrey Wall, Paul A. Kay
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This book collects the papers from a 1990 symposium in Calgary that brought American and Canadian experts together to share knowledge and insights on the regional implications of global change. The symposium was sponsored by government agencies on both sides of the border, attesting to the recognition of the importance of the issues and implications. The volume opens with nine overview papers on climatic change, climate models, scenarios of international and Plains agriculture under climatic change, socioeconomic adaptability, and response strategies. The following six topical sections each contain five or six brief papers (most with short bibliographies) by specialists. Introductory …
“Wading To Pembina”: 1849 Spring And Summer Weather In The Valley Of The Red River Of The North And Some Climatic Implications, Danny Blair, W. F. Rannie
“Wading To Pembina”: 1849 Spring And Summer Weather In The Valley Of The Red River Of The North And Some Climatic Implications, Danny Blair, W. F. Rannie
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The weather of 1849 in the central Great Plains and western interior of the United States has been reconstructed in numerous analyses of diaries from the mass migration to the California goldfields, military post records, and other archival materials. These studies have demonstrated that the spring and summer periods of 1849 were unusually cold and wet, particularly in the eastern region of the Oregon Trail (near Kansas City). Historical sources from the valley of the Red River of the North of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba support this contention and extend the climatic reconstruction 1,000 km northward. Spring breakup of …
Sensitivity Of Streamflow To Climate Change: A Case Study For Nebraska, Clinton M. Rowe, Karl C. Kuivinen, Francisco Flores-Mendeza
Sensitivity Of Streamflow To Climate Change: A Case Study For Nebraska, Clinton M. Rowe, Karl C. Kuivinen, Francisco Flores-Mendeza
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Climate change, whether natural or due to human action, will have an impact on many aspects of our environment. The nature of streamflow changes will depend on the magnitude and direction of the climate change. However, since the principal climatic factors that control streamflow are precipitation and evapotranspiration (which can be estimated from air temperature data), the sensitivity ofstreamflow to variations in climate can be studied through the use of plausible scenarios of climate change.
A simple water budget model was used to reconstruct streamflow from monthly temperature and precipitation data for locations within and immediately surrounding the Little Blue …
Inherited Morphologies Of Two Large Basins In Clay County, Nebraska, Mark S. Kuzila
Inherited Morphologies Of Two Large Basins In Clay County, Nebraska, Mark S. Kuzila
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The Rainbasin area of south-central Nebraska is an important component of the central flyway of migratory waterfowl. Little is known or has been reported about the morphology of large basins in the Rainbasin. A subsurface investigation was conducted to determine the morphology of two basins in Clay County, Nebraska. Transects were located across two sample areas, and seventeen test holes were drilled to determine loess thickness and stratigraphy. Radiocarbon dates were obtained from buried paleosols. The modern basin landscape was determined to be a direct result of 2.5 to 8 m of loess deposition on an older basin landscape. The …
The Effects Of Migration Upon The Quality Of Life Of Elderly Movers In A Small Prairie City: The Case Of Brandon, Manitoba, John Everitt, Barbara Gfellner
The Effects Of Migration Upon The Quality Of Life Of Elderly Movers In A Small Prairie City: The Case Of Brandon, Manitoba, John Everitt, Barbara Gfellner
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Mobility decisions and the effects of migration upon the quality of life of elderly people who had recently relocated to or within Brandon are assessed and compared with the responses ofa non-mover "control group." Although confirming many established results concerning the migration of the elderly, other conclusions also emerged. For instance, migrants and non-movers have a number of different social demographic characteristics, and their needs and desires appear to be quite dissimilar. Although non-movers appear apprehensive about the future, many movers see positive outcomes, in terms of life satisfaction, resulting from their migration. The research also raises the question of …
A Review Of White-Tailed Deer Movements In The Great Plains Relative To Environmental Conditions, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Scott E. Hygnstrom
A Review Of White-Tailed Deer Movements In The Great Plains Relative To Environmental Conditions, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Scott E. Hygnstrom
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Movements of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Rafinesque) in the eastern Great Plains and Midwest were examined. The proportion of deer that move between distinct summer and winter home ranges varies among different populations. Seasonal migration between home ranges is influenced primarily by phenological period, agricultural activities, and the availability of cover and food. Corn provides a nearly unlimited source of cover and food in summer and early fall. In late fall and early winter, deer move to areas of permanent cover, such as wooded river bottoms, draws, or slopes. Hunting, crop harvest, or seasonal change may influence deer movements …
Ordination And Description Of Prairie Plant Communities From The Southern Missouri Coteau In South Dakota, Robert Tatina
Ordination And Description Of Prairie Plant Communities From The Southern Missouri Coteau In South Dakota, Robert Tatina
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The species composition and soil-site characteristics of three prairies from the Missouri Coteau of southeastern South Dakota were used 1) to determine the major environmental variables responsible for vegetational patterning and 2) to describe the plant communities on these prairies. Vascular plant species composition was significantly correlated (p < 0.01) with a suite of variables that strongly influence available soil moisture, and with soil pH and conductivity. Cluster analysis yielded five groups at the 38% similarity level. From the lowest (in elevation) and most mesic to the highest and most xeric, the five groups (communities) are: wet meadows with prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) and sedge (Carex praegracilis W Boott.) as the most important species; meadows with prairie cordgrass and switch grass (Panicum virgatum L.); swales with Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman); slopes with Kentucky bluegrass, sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula [Michx.j Torr.), …
Table Of Contents - Volume 4, Number 1, February 1994
Table Of Contents - Volume 4, Number 1, February 1994
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Contents:
Articles
Book Reports
News and Notes
News And Notes - Volume 4, Number 1, February 1994
News And Notes - Volume 4, Number 1, February 1994
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Contents:
Call for papers
Conferences
Review Of Life At Four Corners: Religion, Gender, And Education In A German-Lutheran Community, 1868-1945 By Carol K. Coburn, Susan Rugh
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
As historians of immigration have turned their sights from the cities to the countryside, they have discovered "ethnic islands" which retained Old World cultures to a greater degree than urban immigrant clusters. In this thoughtful study, Carol Coburn shows that the village of Block, Kansas was an extreme case in its isolation, homogeneity, and the durability of its ethnic culture. Therefore, while Block may not be representative, its past provides an opportunity to study the mechanisms by which an ethnic island maintained a distinctive way of life within mainstream American culture.
Coburn argues that the German Lutheran culture of Block's …
Review Of The Proper Edge Of The Sky: The High Plateau Country Of Utah By Edward A. Geary, John A. Butler
Review Of The Proper Edge Of The Sky: The High Plateau Country Of Utah By Edward A. Geary, John A. Butler
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Near the end of his introduction, Edward A. Geary states that "the pages that follow are neither guidebook, nor travel narrative, nor natural history, nor social history, nor literary history, nor personal essay, though they incorporate elements from all these genres" (p. 3). While the work does challenge classification, it presents a massive accumulation of details that vividly portrays the interaction between an extraordinary landscape and a remarkable people. Geary accomplishes this through twelve intriguing chapters.
Review Of Flat Water: A History Of Nebraska And Its Water By Robert K. Kuzelka, Project Manager; Charles A. Flowerday, Editor; Robert Manley, Contributing Editor/Consulting Historian; Bradley C. Rundquist, Editorial Associate, Thomas C. Gustavson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Flat Water: A History of Nebraska and Its Water contains, as the title suggests, a detailed and intriguing account of the history of water development and use and of the leading figures in this process. The title is a bit misleading because this book goes beyond providing a simple historical account of the development of water resources in Nebraska. Appropriately, the book begins with a summary of the evidence of occupation by Native Americans during the last 11,000 years and their uses of water, which range from construction of boiling pits for the preparation of food to diversion of stream …
Review Of Science With Practice: Charles E. [Edwin] Bessey And The Maturing Of American Botany By Richard A. Overfield, Linda Johnson Rossi
Review Of Science With Practice: Charles E. [Edwin] Bessey And The Maturing Of American Botany By Richard A. Overfield, Linda Johnson Rossi
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Science with Practice thoroughly treats the professional life of Charles Edwin Bessey, a prominent nineteenth-century American scientist, professor, and educational reformer, who helped to lay the foundation of modern plant biology. The book focuses on Bessey as a prime promoter of the laboratory as an important learning center in college and university teaching of botany and agriculture. Bessey used his broad knowledge of plant classification to innovate the Bessey System, one that is still in use. It explains Bessey in the context of American botany-student of Asa Gray and intellectual forebear of the American botanists Roscoe Pound, Pier A. Rydberg, …
Review Of Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery Of North America With Illustrations From The Library Of Congress By James L. Reveal, Richard A. Overfield
Review Of Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery Of North America With Illustrations From The Library Of Congress By James L. Reveal, Richard A. Overfield
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The main feature of Gentle Conquest is the abundance of beautiful illustrations of plants from the collection of the Library of Congress. Around these pictures James L. Reveal has spun a nice, brief account of the naturalists who collected these plants. There are 135 illustrations and pictures, eighty-four in color, forty-three are full page, and most are paintings of plants.
Contrary to the title, the narrative is confined largely to what becomes the United States. The approach is primarily "American frontier": thus the first four chapters cover the period of European colonization, a chapter each on the 1500s and 1600s …
Review Of Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect Of The Emerging West, 1843-1923 By Francine Haber, Kenneth R. Fuller And David N. Wetzel, H. Keith Sawyers
Review Of Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect Of The Emerging West, 1843-1923 By Francine Haber, Kenneth R. Fuller And David N. Wetzel, H. Keith Sawyers
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Prospective readers of this book would be wrong to assume from the title that they will be exposed to a contemporary version of late nineteenth century hometown boosterism. The high degree of parochialism commonly encountered in studies focusing upon regional architects and their work is refreshingly subdued in this well written and handsomely illustrated book. The preface provides a revealing summary of the nearly twenty-year history of the endeavor and identifies the sources of substantial scholarly input from an unusually well-qualified cadre of contributors. One of these, Kenneth Fuller, architect and son of Robert Roeschlaub's successor, Robert Fuller, was the …
Review Of Oklahoma Bird Life By F. M. And A. M. Baumgartner, Jack D. Tyler
Review Of Oklahoma Bird Life By F. M. And A. M. Baumgartner, Jack D. Tyler
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This long-awaited book lives up to its advanced billing. Quarto size, it is bound in durable blue cloth, and the paper is of high quality. The layout is uncrowded, and the print is quite legible. Spelling and grammatical errors are comparatively rare. There are 159 black-and-white photographs, three maps, and 26 tables. Preliminary sections give background and explanatory information, including a checklist of Oklahoma birds (through 1987) that follows the latest AOU edition (1983). Seasonal and regional statuses for each of the 447 species are listed, plus a color plate number where each is illustrated in the center of the …
Review Of Aboriginal Peoples And Politics: The Indian Land Question In British Columbia, 1849-1989 By Paul Tennant, Bruce Stadfeld
Review Of Aboriginal Peoples And Politics: The Indian Land Question In British Columbia, 1849-1989 By Paul Tennant, Bruce Stadfeld
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Aboriginal peoples have received unprecedented attention in Canada in the last five years. Violent confrontations and constitutional negotiations have combined to remind non-Native Canadians that the land they now call theirs was once defined and controlled by a wide variety of vibrant and creative Aboriginal groups. This new awareness has meant that many people have attempted to look beyond the headlines and sound-bites to understand the fundamental importance of the Aboriginal land question in Canadian history. Political scientist Paul Tennant's Aboriginal Peoples and Politics is a welcome contribution to this ongoing dialogue and provides many answers for those who wish …
Review Of The Administration Of Dominion Lands, 1870-1930 By Kirk N. Lambrecht, Louis A. Knafla
Review Of The Administration Of Dominion Lands, 1870-1930 By Kirk N. Lambrecht, Louis A. Knafla
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The lands in Canada's western provinces and northern territories have undergone a tortuous history from the advent of the Confederation to the transferral of Crown land to the prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1930. Numerous parliamentary statutes, and orders in Council promulgated by the Governor in Council, created and defined various land use regulations and amended them frequently. Kirk Lambrecht, a practicing Edmonton lawyer who has spent many years studying the history of land law in western Canada, has presented in this volume a significant collection of materials for the history of the land law from 1870-1930.
The …