The American Steppes: The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s-1930s by David Moon

The American Steppes: The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s-1930s

Studies in Environment and History

David Moon

352 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history nature technology informative medium-paced

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Beginning in the 1870s, migrant groups from Russia's steppes settled in the similar environment of the Great Plains. Many were Mennonites. They brought plants, in particular grain and fodder crops, trees and shrubs, as well as weeds. Following the...

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