Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword. The Wind’s Gift of Wheat ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1 Introduction: A Place Called the Palouse 1
6. 2 The precontact palouse 16
7. 3 From Bunchgrass backwater to agricultural empire 32
8. 4 The implications of prosperity 54
9. 5 Lessons learned and unlearned 73
10. 6 Better farming through chemistry 102
11. 7 Lessons neglected and rejected 127
12. 8 A glimmer of hope? 149
13. Epilogue 163
14. Notes 171
15. Selected bibliography 215
16. Index 235