On the Edge of the Possible: Artificial Rainmaking and the Extension of Hope on the Great Plains
Rainmaking flourished on the Great Plains during the 1890s drought. A complicated hybrid of sincere belief in science and confidence games, Plains peoples' willingness to place tentative faith in the practice reflected larger insecurities about the advisability of practicing agriculture in a ma...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Agricultural History. - Agricultural History Society, 1927. - 89(2015), 4, Seite 536-558 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Agricultural History |
| Schlagworte: | Behavioral sciences Environmental studies Biological sciences Business Physical sciences Law Social sciences |