The American steppes : the unexpected Russian roots of Great Plains agriculture, 1870s-1930s. / David Moon

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Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Text -- Place Names -- Names of Plants -- Transliteration from Cyrillic -- Archival References -- Dramatis Personae -- List of Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Comparing the Great Plains and the Steppes -- American and Russian Attitudes to Their and Other Grassland Regions -- Transfers between the Steppes and the Great Plains -- Sources and Methodology -- Historiography -- Structure of the Book -- Part I Contexts -- Chapter 1 Settlement -- Chapter 2 Barriers -- Introduction -- Competition in World Grain Market -- American Perceptions of Russian ''Backwardness'' -- American Famine Relief in the Steppes -- The Persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire -- Opposition to the Tsarist Autocracy -- American Ignorance of Russian Agricultural Sciences before c. 1900 -- Language Barrier -- American Suspicion of Communism after 1917 -- Resistance to Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Bridges -- Introduction -- Recognition of Similarities between the Steppes and Great Plains: Travelers' Accounts -- Travelers from Russia in the Great Plains -- Americans in the Steppes -- Immigrants in the United States from the Russian Empire and Soviet Russia -- Russian and American Studies of the Other's Grassland Agriculture -- Russian Studies of American Agriculture -- American Studies of Russian Agriculture -- Contacts between Scientists -- Building Bridges: Conclusions -- Part II Transfers -- Chapter 4 Wheat -- Introduction -- Wheat and Other Cereals in the Steppes -- Wheat and Other Cereals in the Great Plains to the 1870s -- Mennonite Immigrants -- USDA Plant Explorers -- Contacts between American and Russian/Soviet Agricultural Scientists.

The International Grain Trade -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Soil Science I -- Introduction -- Russian Soil Science in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Soil Science in the United States in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- The American Reception of Russian Soil Science to 1914 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Soil Science II -- Introduction -- The Dissemination of Russian Soil Science in Europe and North America: Konstantin Glinka and Curtis Marbut -- International Conferences of ''Agrogeology'' before 1914 -- Glinka's Book in German -- Marbut's Appointment to Head the U.S. Soil Survey -- Marbut and Glinka's Book -- Marbut's Field Work in the Great Plains and the Origins of a New Classification System -- The Great Plains -- Towards a New Classification System -- Marbut Leads a ''Russian Revolution'' in U.S. Government Soil Science -- The Reaction Inside the Bureau of Soils -- Interludes Away from the Bureau of Soils -- Marbut's Tactful and Cautious ''Russian Revolution'' -- Marbut Wins over Soil Survey Workers -- The ''Russian Revolution'' Accomplished -- Intervention by Russian Émigré Soil Scientists -- Russian Soil Science in the United States Outside the USDA Soils Bureau -- The International Congresses of Soil Science in the United States and Soviet Union in 1927 and 1930 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Shelterbelts I -- Introduction -- Russian Forestry and Shelterbelts in the Steppes to the 1930s -- American Forestry and Shelterbelts in the Great Plains to the 1930s -- The Introduction of Trees and Shrubs from the Steppes to the Great Plains -- The Transfer of Russian Experience and Expertise to the United States to the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Shelterbelts II -- Introduction -- Launching the Shelterbelt -- Planning the Shelterbelt -- Debating the Shelterbelt -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Tumbleweed -- Introduction.

Tumbleweed (Perekati-pole) in the Steppes -- The Introduction and Spread of Tumbleweed in the Great Plains -- Consequences -- Efforts to Control and Eradicate Tumbleweed -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- The Transfers and their Legacies -- The Fate of Russian/Soviet-American Cooperation -- How the Great Plains and the Steppes Resemble Each Other, but Differ from the Eastern United States and Western Europe -- Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture? -- Perceptions -- Global and Longer-Term Contexts -- Contrasting the Great Plains and the Steppes -- Conclusion -- List of Archival Collections Cited -- Kazakhstan -- Russian Federation -- Ukraine -- United States of America -- Index.

Explores the transnational movements of people, plants, agricultural sciences, and techniques from Russia's steppes to North America's Great Plains.