Propaganda, public information, and prospecting: Explaining the irrational exuberance of central place foragers during a late nineteenth century Colorado Silver Rush

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 519-531

  Glover, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

American frontier; Central place foraging; Human behavioral ecology; Natural resource extraction; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; EXTRACTION; MASS MEDIA; MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SILVER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 70349856147     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9270-1     Document Type: Article

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