Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South |
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| Author:
| Sutter, Paul S. |
| Series title: | Environmental History and the American South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3401-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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This study uses the unlikely story of Georgia's Providence Canyon 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.
This study uses the unlikely story of Georgia's Providence Canyon 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.