King Of The 40th Parallel
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King Of The 40th Parallel
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Author : James Gregory Moore
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2006
King Of The 40th Parallel written by James Gregory Moore and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Science categories.
This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King led landmark precursory surveys that positioned him to become the founding director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the most important government science agency in the nation.
Continental Divide A History Of American Mountaineering
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Author : Maurice Isserman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2016-04-25
Continental Divide A History Of American Mountaineering written by Maurice Isserman and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.
The History Of Photography
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Author : Alma Davenport
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1999
The History Of Photography written by Alma Davenport and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
A compact, readable, up-to-date overview of the history of photography.
Papers And Discussions Presented Before The Coal Division
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Author : American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Papers And Discussions Presented Before The Coal Division written by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Mineral industries categories.
Peak Pursuits
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Author : Caroline Schaumann
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-28
Peak Pursuits written by Caroline Schaumann and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An interdisciplinary cultural history of exploration and mountaineering in the nineteenth century European forays to mountain summits began in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of “conquering” alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavors as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This book examines how written and artistic depictions of nineteenth-century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.
The American Naturalist
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The American Naturalist written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with categories.
The Mesozo C And Caenozo C Realms Of The Interior Of North America
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Author : Edward Drinker Cope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The Mesozo C And Caenozo C Realms Of The Interior Of North America written by Edward Drinker Cope and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with categories.
Transactions
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Author : American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Transactions written by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Metallurgy categories.
Some vols., 1920-1949, contain collections of papers according to subject.
Transactions
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Author : Metallurgical Society of AIME.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Transactions written by Metallurgical Society of AIME. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Mineral industries categories.
The Humboldt Current
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Author : Aaron Sachs
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2007
The Humboldt Current written by Aaron Sachs and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Environmentalism categories.
Cornell University history and American studies professor Aaron Sachs offers a masterly intellectual history of the impact of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American culture and science.