An uninhabited waste: Transforming the Grand Prairie in nineteenth century Illinois, USA

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-665

  Urban, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainage; Grand Prairie; Landscape perception; Landscape representation; Malaria; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; DRAINAGE; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744446488     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: 10958614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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