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Plowed Under – Agriculture and Environment in the Palouse de Andrew P. Duffin

Plowed Under – Agriculture and Environment in the Palouse: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books

Autor Andrew P. Duffin, William Cronon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 feb 2010
Duffin traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating industrial agricultural paradise, weighing the consequences of what this progress has wrought. During the 20th century, the Palouse became synonymous with wheat, and the landscape was irrevocably altered with soil erosion problems among the worst in the nation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780295990170
ISBN-10: 0295990171
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 21 illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 179 x 226 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: MV – University of Washington Press
Seria Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books

Recenzii

"Duffin's frank environmental evaluation not only studies wheat production in this one region, but also presents the Palouse as a microcosm of the evolution and consequences of modern American agriculture." Pacific Northwest Quarterly"Andrew Duffin has provided us with an excellent study of agriculture in one of the nation's most productive farming areas. He deftly includes perspectives from farmers and scientists, and his discussions of innovative farming practices are both informative and accessible to general readers. Specialists in agricultural history and environmental history will glean much from this book." Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History"[A] clearly written, extensively researched, and cogently argued story about exploitation of the land for more than a century. This is not a study about whether the Palouse should be used for agriculture, because it will be farmed well into the future, but rather a historical analysis that ultimately leads to the present and can help policy makers, environmental interest groups, and farmers make informed decisions about future land use in the Palouse. . . . This excellent study of agriculture in the Palouse merits the attention of anyone interested in agricultural history and the Pacific Northwest. It is an essential read." Oregon Historical Quarterly"Plowed Under. . . offers one of the more even-handed surveys of American agriculture and the environment available." Business History Review"This is a very good book. Duffin writes well, and he uses his sources. . . to provide a clear picture of his characters. Perhaps the most valuable aspect of his book, to this reader, is that Duffin engages a broad range of topics. . . and he repeatedly sets the regional experience in a national context. His readers should leave the book understanding how ideology, economics, and politics have hindered healthy agricultural practices over the past century." Montana: The Magazine of Western History"Finally, in Andrew Duffin's book, Plowed Under, we have an authoritative history of this unique environment called the Palouse. . . . Duffin's book is the one to read for those who want to understand why the Palouse is what it is."-Lewiston Morning Tribune"This volume is a notable contribution to the history, present status and prospect for the future not only for the Palouse but of many other agricultural areas in the United States as well. . . . Duffin presents his readers with a serious, upright and easy-to-understand account of what is arguably the most significant aspect of all our lives -- the ability to put food on the table." Daily News, Bowling Green, Kentucky“The Palouse country is incredibly beautiful. How the precious soil of this region has been used and much abused offers insight into the politics of conservation, not just on a state or regional level but on a national level as well.” Carlos Schwantes, University of Missouri-St. Louis"Duffin convincingly illuminates the economic, political, and cultural forces driving Palouse farmers down a destructive path even when the evidence clearly indicated that a course change was needed. His story offers lessons for every significant environmental challenge we face, from soil erosion all the way to global warming.-- If we wish to achieve the vaunted goal of sustainability we must understand the complex forces that drive unsustainable behavior." Paul Hirt, Arizona State University"If our goal is to imagine where food will come from for the grandchildren of our grandchildren, then the paradoxical mix of private rights and public subsidies that have supported erosive soil practices on Palouse farms seems especially instructive. For just this reason, Plowed Under deserves to be read even by those who have never visited the curious hill country lying north of the Snake River in eastern Washington and western Idaho."from the Foreword by William Cronon“Duffin presents an engaging history of a lesser known US farming region. . . . His carefully developed narrative provides a brief introduction to the geographic eccentricities of the region, and a detailed look at 19th century, early 20th century, and post-war developments. Recommended." Choice"Andrew Duffin's history of the region's land and agriculture is wide-ranging, balanced, and very satisfying. . . . This is an engaging work of environmental history that deserves a wide readership, and not only in the Palouse." HistoryLink

Notă biografică

Cuprins

Foreword: The Wind's Gift of Wheat by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: A Place Called the Palouse
2. The Precontact Palouse
3. From Bunchgrass Backwater to Agricultural Empire
4. The Implications of Prosperity
5. Lessons Learned and Unlearned
6. Better Farming through Chemistry
7. Lessons Neglected and Rejected
8. A Glimmer of Hope?
Eplilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Descriere

Traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating industrial agricultural paradise