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this delta, this land This page intentionally left blank mikko saikku This Delta, This Land An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain TheUniversityofGeorgiaPress|AthensandLondon ©2005bytheUniversityofGeorgiaPress Athens,Georgia30602 Allrightsreserved DesignedbyMindyBasingerHill SetinSabonbyBookcomp,Inc. PrintedandboundbyMaple-Vail Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesfor permanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeon ProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityofthe CouncilonLibraryResources. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 09 08 07 06 05 C 5 4 3 2 1 09 08 07 06 05 P 5 4 3 2 1 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Saikku,Mikko. Thisdelta,thisland:anenvironmentalhistory oftheYazoo-Mississippi(cid:192)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:81)/MikkoSaikku. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-8203-2534-1(alk.paper)— ISBN0-8203-2673-9(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Delta(Miss.:Region)—Environmental conditions—History.I.Title. GE155.M57S35 2005 333.7'09762'4—dc22 2004013923 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataavailable Partsofchapters2and7originallyappearedas“Downby theRiverside:TheDisappearingBottomlandHardwood ForestofSoutheasternNorthAmerica”inEnvironmentand History2(February1996):77–95;and“‘HomeintheBig Forest’:DeclineoftheIvory-billedWoodpeckerandIts HabitatintheUnitedStates,”inEncounteringthePastin Nature:EssaysinEnvironmentalHistory,editedbyTimo MyllyntausandMikkoSaikku(Helsinki:HelsinkiUniversity Press,1999)87–119,©1999byMikkoSaikkuandHelsinki UniversityPress. ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4069-2 TothememoryofDr.ThomasWendel (1924–2004) This page intentionally left blank Jokatapauksessa,tietystikaikenalla, viimeiseenhengenvetoon,kyteetyperästija epätoivoisestihennonhentotoive,että maailmasittenkinminunkirjoittamisestani nitkahtaisiuntuvanverranpehmeämmäksi. —pentti linkola,“Itkerakastettumaa,” Johdatus1990-luvunajatteluun This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofTables xi Acknowledgments xiii chapter one EnvironmentalHistoryandtheYazoo-MississippiFloodplain 1 chapter two ATrueEcologicalComplex 26 chapter three EnterHomosapiens 52 chapter four TheCreationofaCottonKingdom 87
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