Book contents
- The American Steppes
- Studies in Environment and History
- The American Steppes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Dramatis Personae
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Chapter 1 Settlement
- Chapter 2 Barriers
- Chapter 3 Bridges
- Part II Transfers
- Conclusion
- Archival Collections Cited
- Index
Chapter 3 - Bridges
from Part I - Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2020
Book contents
- The American Steppes
- Studies in Environment and History
- The American Steppes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Dramatis Personae
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Chapter 1 Settlement
- Chapter 2 Barriers
- Chapter 3 Bridges
- Part II Transfers
- Conclusion
- Archival Collections Cited
- Index
Summary
The barriers to transfers and influences from Russia’s steppes were overcome by a series of “bridges”: Americans and Russians recognized similarities between the steppes and Great Plains; migrants to the United States from the Russian Empire, especially Mennonite farmers and Jewish people, acted as conduits, and assisted in overcoming the language barrier; Americans and Russians studied agriculture in each other’s grassland region and made contact with each other.
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- The American SteppesThe Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s, pp. 85 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020