Soil: Its Influence on the History of the United States, With Special Reference to Migration and Scientific Study of Local History

by Archer Butler Hulbert

Hulbert undertakes a study of the effects of soils on the migration to and settlement of areas westward to the Mississippi, with a final chapter dealing with the trans-Mississippi country. While dealing with soil types, the book is also very much a study of the effects of topography on American history as it is of the influence of soils.

227 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1930

About the author

Archer Butler Hulbert, FRGS was an historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history.