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From Furs to Farms
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: John Reda
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-22 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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This original study tells the story of the Illinois Country, a collection of French villages that straddled the Mississippi River for nearly a century before it
From Furs to Farms
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: John Reda
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-22 - Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press

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This original study tells the story of the Illinois Country, a collection of French villages that straddled the Mississippi River for nearly a century before it
Fields of Gold
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Madeleine Fairbairn
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn
From Farm to Canal Street
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Valerie Imbruce
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-22 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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On the sidewalks of Manhattan's Chinatown, you can find street vendors and greengrocers selling bright red litchis in the summer and mustard greens and bok choy
The Fur Farms of Alaska
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Sarah Crawford Isto
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-15 - Publisher: University of Alaska Press

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After its rudimentary beginning in 1749, fur farming in Alaska rose and fell for two centuries. It thrived during the 1890s and again in the 1920s, when rising