The View from Sand Island
Reconsidering the Peripheral Economy, 1880-1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3425632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James W Feldman (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), James Feldman |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 285 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25443009 |
| OpenAlex | W2558596020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The bird's-eye view that western historians typically assume to analyze economic development directs attention away from the point of production and obscures the local conditions that shaped economic life in the rural West. On Sand Island, Wisconsin, seasonal limitations, local transportation patterns, and the intersections of seemingly distinct industries dictated the daily activities of an economic frontier
Economic history · Sociology · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2017 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |