FEBRUARY 1991 VOL. 1/NO. 1
EDITOR'S NOTE, 3
INTRODUCTION, 4
ARTICLES
The Geological Record of Wind Erosion, Eolian Deposition, and Aridity on the Southern High Plains Vance T. Holliday 6
Key Words: wind erosion, aridity, eolian deposition, Southern High Plains
Drought and Precipitation Fluctuations in the Great Plains During the late Nineteenth Century Cary J. Mock 26
Key Words: drought, precipitation fluctuations
Relationships Between 700 mb Circulation Variations and Great Plains Climate Daniel J. Leathers 58
Key Words: 700 mb, circulation variations
Hydroclimatic Variability on the Great Plains Michael J. Keables 77
Key Words: hydroclimatiac variability
Snow Cover Variability on the Northern and Central Great Plains David A. Robinson and Marilyn G. Hughes 93
Key Words: snow cover variability
Drought Experience and Perception of Climatic Change among Great Plains Farmers David M. Diggs 114
Key Words: climatic change
Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate William E. Riebsame 133
Key Words: sustainability
Lowering Real Interest Rates Could Slow Global Warming Craig S. Marxsen 152
Key Words: real interest rates
CONFERENCE REPORT
35th Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference 168
BOOK REVIEWS
Damming the Colorado: The Rise of the Lower Colorado River Authority, 1933-1939 by John R. Adams, Jr., reviewed by F. Andrew Schoolmaster 171
The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective by Don E. Albrecht and Steve H. Murdock, reviewed by Keith D. Parker 172
Fire in North American Tallgrass Prairies by Scott L. Collins and Linda L. Wallace, reviewed by Jane H. Bock 173
Transportation Service to Small Rural Communities: Effects of Deregulation by John F. Due, Benjamin J. Allen, Mary R. Kihl, and Michael R. Crumm, reviewed by L. Orlo Sorenson 174
Agricultural Bioethics: Implications of Agricultural Biotechnology by Steven M. Gendel, A. David Kline, D. Michael Warren, and Faye Yates reviewed by Vernon W. Ruttan 175
The Struggle for the Land. Indigenous Insight and Industrial Empire in the Semiarid World by Paul A. Olson, reviewed by Adolph M. Greenberg 177
Atlas of American Indian Affairs by Francis Paul Prucha, reviewed by David J. Wishart 179
Watering the Valley: Development Along the High Plains Arkansas River, 1870-1950 by James Earl Sherow, reviewed by James R. Shortridge 180
The Cherokees: A Population History by Russell Thornton, reviewed by Henry F. Dobyns 182
Northern Prairie Wetlands by Arnold van der Valk, reviewed by Richard A. Gersib 183
Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope by William A. Weber, reviewed by Robert B. Kaul 184
NEWS AND NOTES, 186
AUGUST 1991 VOL. 1/NO. 2
EDITOR'S NOTE, 194
ARTICLES
The Rural-Urban Continuum and Environmental Concerns J. Allen Williams, Jr. and Helen A. Moore 195
Key Words: rural-urban
Farm Women's Labor Contributions to Agricultural Operations Audie Blevins and Katherine Jensen 215
Key Words: farm women's labor
Frontier Flintlocks: A Fault Tree Analysis of Firearm Use at Contact Period Sites of the Great Plains Peter Bleed and Daniel Watson 233
Key Words: frontier flintlocks, firearm use
The Lucanidae and Passalidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe 249
Key Words: Passalidae, Coleoptera
Global Change in the High Plains of North America J. H. Bock, W. D. Bowman, and C. E. Bock 283
Key Words: global change, High Plains
Observed Variations in Great Plains Seasonal Temperatures During the Past Century Nolan J. Doesken and Thomas B. McKee 302
Key Words: seasonal temperatures
Economic Development Programs in the Great Plains: The Example of Nebraska Michael Broadway 324
Key Words: economic development programs
CONFERENCE REPORT
Assoc. of American Geographers, Great Plains-Rocky Mt. Division 345
BOOK REVIEWS
Harry Kirke Wolfe: Pioneer in Psychology by Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., reviewed by Daniel J. Bernstein 347
Groundwater Levels in Nebraska, 1989 by Michael J. Ellis, Gregory V. Steels, and Perry B. Wigley, reviewed by M. Stanley Dart 348
Sustainable Agriculture in Temperate Zones by Charles A. Francis, Cornelia Butler Flora, and Larry D. King, reviewed by David R. Lighthall 349
The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing by Thomas H. Lewis, reviewed by Elizabeth Grobsmith 351
The Wild Oat Inflorescence and Seed: Anatomy, Development and Morphology by M. V. S. Raju, reviewed by David M. Sutherland 353
Harvest of Opportunity: New Horizon for Farm Women by Lois L. Ross, reviewed by Katherine Jensen 354
The Middle West: Its Meaning in American Culture by James R. Shortridge, reviewed by John Fraser Hart 356
The Political Economy of Manitoba edited by Jim Silver and Jeremy Hull, reviewed by Ralph F. Harris 357
Farming the System: How Politicians and Producers Shape Canadian Agricultural Policy by Barry K Wilson, reviewed by George E. Lee 359