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003    OCoLC 
005    20030320000000.0 
008    020307s2002    nyuab    b    001 0 eng   
010      2002023279 
020    0809064316|qhardcover 
035    (OCoLC)49403086 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dVOC 
042    pcc 
043    n-us--- 
049    GPIA 
050 00 S624.A1|bS77 2002 
082 00 631.4/5/097309034|221 
100 1  Stoll, Steven. 
245 10 Larding the lean Earth :|bsoil and society in nineteenth-
       century America /|cSteven Stoll. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHill and Wang,|c2002. 
300    xii, 287 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-274). 
505 0  Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Prologue : Litchfield -- 
       Forming the furrow slice -- Ethic of permanence -- Laying 
       waste -- Panic -- Dunghill doctrines -- Island states -- 
       Another world -- Hints to emigrants -- Fleece and bounties
       -- Oldfield -- Our most fatal loss -- Mouth full of ashes 
       -- Conclusion -- Toward conservation -- Robinson's prairie
       -- Striving after harmony -- Epilogue : Fredericksburg. 
650  0 Soil conservation|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Soil fertility|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Agriculture|xEnvironmental aspects|zUnited States|xHistory
       |y19th century. 
650  0 Land settlement|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       description/hol021/2002023279.html 
994    90|bGPI