Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies

Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South

By Paul S. Sutter | Publisher: University of Georgia Press

About the book

Uses the unlikely story of Providence Canyon - and the 1930s contest over its origins and meaning - to recount the larger history of dramatic human-induced soil erosion across the South and to highlight the role that the region and its erosive agricultural history played in the rise of soil science and soil conservation in America.

Editions of Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies

Hardcover
ISBN 9780820334011
Paperback
ISBN 9780820353821
EBook
ISBN 9780820348094

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Uses the unlikely story of Providence Canyon - and the 1930s contest over its origins and meaning - to recount the larger history of dramatic human-induced soil erosion across the South and to highlight the role that the region and its erosive agricultural history played in the rise of soil science and soil conservation in America.

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Uses the unlikely story of Providence Canyon - and the 1930s contest over its origins and meaning - to recount the larger history of dramatic human-induced soil erosion across the South and to highlight the role that the region and its erosive agricultural history played in the rise of soil science and soil conservation in America.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

History and Archaeology > History > History: specific events and topics > Historical geography

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780820334011

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies has 280 page(s)

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

Paul S. Sutter

Who is the Publisher of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

University of Georgia Press

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780820334011) and paperback(ISBN 9780820353821) and ebook(ISBN 9780820348094)

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