Author

Publication

2000-04-01 - University of Nebraska Press

Language

English

Word Count

119,250 words, Guess

Page Count

477 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780803286146
  • Open LibraryOL7906179M

Classifications

  • LCCS616.U6 O65 2000
  • LCCS616.U6O65 2000

Description

"In this new, enlarged edition, John Opie updates his work on the environmental history of the Ogallala aquifer and plains farming. He addresses the impact of the 1996 Farm Bill (Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act) and looks at the recent movement of industrial hog farming onto the plains. Opie also develops his argument for the plains as a "moral geography," a view involving the recognition by society that it has an obligation to balance the responsibility for conserving natural resources with that for keeping a regional people - the family farmers - in operation."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land, Second Edition (Our Sustainable Future)PaperbackUniversity of Nebraska Press2000-04-01

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