Ebook: Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains

Provides a sweeping and innovative interpretation of the history of the northwestern plains and its people from prehistoric times to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Binnema examines the impact of technology on the peoples of the northern plains, beginning with the bow-and-arrow and continuing through the arrival of the horse, European weapons, Old World diseases, and Euroamerican traders.