Alfred Hartemink was born in 1964 on Pleistocene sand in the Netherlands and is professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has studied soil in various countries, and his main interests are pedology, and the fostering and epistemology of soil science.

• Preface.- Foreword by Ron Amundson, Maxine Levin.- Acknowledgements.- About this book.-About the author.- 1. Prologue - The roots of soil science.- 2. Pochva Americana I.- 3. From a farm on loess – Emil Truog.- 4. From a farm on till – Charles Kellogg.- 5. From a farm on the plains - Roy Simonson.- 6. The mother of the west.- 7. Building an American soil survey.- 8.  Of soils and men.- 9. Pochva Americana II.- 10. Building international soil science.- 11. First International Congress of Soil Science in 1927.- 12. From 1927 to 1960, and a favor returned.- 13. Seventh International Congress of Soil Science in 1960.- 14. Chronicles and Progressions.- 15. Epilogue.- References.- Subject index.- Person index.

Alfred Hartemink was born in 1964 on Pleistocene sand in the Netherlands and is professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has studied soil in various countries, and his main interests are pedology, and the fostering and epistemology of soil science.

• Preface.- Foreword by Ron Amundson, Maxine Levin.- Acknowledgements.- About this book.-About the author.- 1. Prologue - The roots of soil science.- 2. Pochva Americana I.- 3. From a farm on loess – Emil Truog.- 4. From a farm on till – Charles Kellogg.- 5. From a farm on the plains - Roy Simonson.- 6. The mother of the west.- 7. Building an American soil survey.- 8.  Of soils and men.- 9. Pochva Americana II.- 10. Building international soil science.- 11. First International Congress of Soil Science in 1927.- 12. From 1927 to 1960, and a favor returned.- 13. Seventh International Congress of Soil Science in 1960.- 14. Chronicles and Progressions.- 15. Epilogue.- References.- Subject index.- Person index.

Alfred Hartemink was born in 1964 on Pleistocene sand in the Netherlands and is professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has studied soil in various countries, and his main interests are pedology, and the fostering and epistemology of soil science.

• Preface.- Foreword by Ron Amundson, Maxine Levin.- Acknowledgements.- About this book.-About the author.- 1. Prologue - The roots of soil science.- 2. Pochva Americana I.- 3. From a farm on loess – Emil Truog.- 4. From a farm on till – Charles Kellogg.- 5. From a farm on the plains - Roy Simonson.- 6. The mother of the west.- 7. Building an American soil survey.- 8.  Of soils and men.- 9. Pochva Americana II.- 10. Building international soil science.- 11. First International Congress of Soil Science in 1927.- 12. From 1927 to 1960, and a favor returned.- 13. Seventh International Congress of Soil Science in 1960.- 14. Chronicles and Progressions.- 15. Epilogue.- References.- Subject index.- Person index.