'Fierce Winds and a Blank Whiteness': The Culture of Dakota Winter, 1870-1915

This thesis argues that accommodation to winter was an important — though not the only — response of early Dakotans to the annual challenges and hazards of winter. It examines first the challenges of winter, then what Dakotans did to protect themselves from and even profit from the season, then the ways that Dakotans spoke in positive ways about their winters or, using winter, themselves.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Department dc:contributor.department

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Fischer, Daniel

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Thorp, Daniel B.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Barrow, Mark V. Jr.
• Shumsky, Neil Larry

• blizzards
• Dakota Territory
• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• winter

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-07262011-095918

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34195