Prairies and Plains: The Reference Literature of a Region

Scholarship on the American Great Plains, that broadly defined geographical region ranging from the vast expanses of Alberta and Saskatchewan in the north down through the American Heartland to the Mexican border, has been somewhat hampered by the lack of reference sources to bring together the disparate books, articles, and other publications on the area. The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, (Wishart, 2003) (RR 2005/223), is one of the more recent additions to Great Plains studies that has helped students and scholars understand how the many localities come together to form a distinct region with a character...