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Can I read Larding the lean Earth : soil and society in nineteenth-century America on EtoBox?
Larding the lean Earth : soil and society in nineteenth-century America by Stoll, Steven is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Larding the lean Earth : soil and society in nineteenth-century America about?
<p><b>A Major History of Early Americans' Ideas about Conservation</b><br><br>Fifty years after the Revolution, American farmers faced a crisis: the failing soils of the Atlantic states threatened the agricultural prosperity upon which the republic was founded. <i>Larding the Lean Earth</i> explores the tempestuous debates that erupted between "improvers," intent on sustaining the soil of existing farms, and "emigrants," who thought it wiser and more "American" to move westward as the soil gave
Who reads Larding the lean Earth : soil and society in nineteenth-century America?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stoll, Steven
- Publisher
- Hill & Wang Pub
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780809064311
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Agriculture, History, Nature
- Updated
- 2026-03-25