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connection between land and people is unavoidable in a place like the Delta, Incredibly detailed and thoughtful exploration of this regions lived environment, Unless we can learn to live in balance with the natural facets of our world, we will be doomed to struggle and strife until there is nothing left.
still reading, will post when I am finished! This Delta, This Land is a comprehensive environmental history of the YazooMississippi Deltathe first one to place the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context.
The Delta, the floodplain between two great rivers in the northwestern corner of Mississippi, has changed enormously since the Civil War, Agriculture, lumbering, and floodmanagement schemes have transformed it beyond recognitionand beyond any prospects for a full recovery, However, says Mikko Saikku, theyears following the Civil War brought greater

environmental change than we generally realize, Indeed, the longterm environmental history of the Delta is much more complex than our current view of it, which privileges recent periods rather than presenting the entire continuum.
Looking across thousands of years, Saikku examines successive human societies in the Delta, drawing connections between environmental and social problems and noting differences between Native Americans and EuroAmericans in their economies, modes of production, and landuse patterns.


Saikku's range of sources is astonishing: travel literature, naturalists' writings, government records, company archives, archaeological data, private correspondence, and more, As he documents how such factors as climate and water levels shaped the Delta, he also reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music.
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