Grasslands grown : creating place on the U.S. northern plains and Canadian prairies / Molly P. Rozum.
"An exploration of modern regionalism and senses of place developing among generations of settler colonial society on North America's northern grasslands"--
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 474 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: Looking northwest from La Vérendrye Hill
- Parents' choice : taking root on the northern grasslands
- Small worlds : animal friends, foes, and place rhythms
- Sensing grasses, grains, waters, woods, rocks, and snow
- "The purple hills beckoned" : growing up, travel, education, and region
- "Old woman who never dies" and "old man's garden" : settler and indigenous relations over the generations
- "All is so still-so big, I scarce can speak" : new literature and settler society aesthetics
- "Surely grass is the great mother of all plains agriculture" : agricultural adaptation and grasslands conservation
- "All that vast region of grass land" : the United States, Canada, and changing cultural geography
- Conclusion: Looking across the line from the prairies and plains.