The American Southwest
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Desert Time
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Author : Diana Kappel-Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1994
Desert Time written by Diana Kappel-Smith and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Travel categories.
The author recounts her journey through the deserts of the American Southwest, discussing botany, desert zoology, the people who make the desert their home, and the meaning of her odyssey
The American Southwest Its People And Cultures
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Author : Lynn I. Perrigo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The American Southwest Its People And Cultures written by Lynn I. Perrigo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
The American Southwest
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Author : Nancy Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Compass America Guides
Release Date : 1996
The American Southwest written by Nancy Zimmerman and has been published by Compass America Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Travel categories.
This first volume in the Compass American Guides series covers some of America's most legendary landscapes. Six southwestern writers guide us through plateaus and deserts in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and West Texas, and introduce us to the area's distinctive blend of Native American, Mexican, and Anglo cultures.
The American Southwest
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Author : Lynn Irwin Perrigo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
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The American Southwest
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Author : Lynn Irwin Perrigo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The American Southwest written by Lynn Irwin Perrigo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with History categories.
First Impressions
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Author : David J. Weber
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-22
First Impressions written by David J. Weber 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 2017-08-22 with History categories.
This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System—including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde—to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors’ skillful evocation of the region’s sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers.
Culture In The American Southwest
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Author : Keith L. Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2001
Culture In The American Southwest written by Keith L. Bryant and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
If the Southwest is known for its distinctive regional culture, it is not only the indigenous influences that make it so. As Anglo Americans moved into the territories of the greater Southwest, they brought with them a desire to reestablish the highest culture of their former homes: opera, painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature. But their inherited culture was altered, challenged, and reshaped by Native American and Hispanic peoples, and a new, vibrant cultural life resulted. From Houston to Los Angeles, from Tulsa to Tucson, Keith L. Bryant traces the development of "high culture" in the Southwest. Humans create culture, but in the Southwest, Bryant argues, the land itself has also influenced that creation. "Incredible light, natural grandeur, . . . and a geography at once beautiful and yet brutal molded societies that sprang from unique cultural sources." The peoples of the American Southwest share a regional consciousness--an experience of place--that has helped to create a unified, but not homogenized, Southwestern culture. Bryant also examines a paradox of Southwestern cultural life. Southwesterners take pride in their cultural distinctiveness, yet they struggled to win recognition for their achievements in "high culture." A dynamic tension between those seeking to re-create a Western European culture and those desiring one based on regional themes and resources continues to stimulate creativity. Decade by decade and city by city, Bryant charts the growth of cultural institutions and patronage as he describes the contributions of artists and performers and of the elites who support them. Bryant focuses on the significant role women played as leaders in the formation of cultural institutions and as writers, artists, and musicians. The text is enhanced by more than fifty photographs depicting the interplay between the people and the land and the culture that has resulted.
Plant Geography And Culture History In The American Southwest
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Author : George Francis Carter
language : en
Publisher: New York : [Viking Fund]
Release Date : 1945
Plant Geography And Culture History In The American Southwest written by George Francis Carter and has been published by New York : [Viking Fund] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with History categories.
Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest is a comprehensive book by George Francis Carter, published as part of the Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology series. The book explores the relationship between plant geography and culture history in the American Southwest region, focusing on the interactions between humans and their environment. Carter's research is based on extensive fieldwork and analysis of plant species and their distribution, as well as archaeological and historical data. He presents a detailed overview of the region's plant geography, including the distribution of various species and their ecological significance. The book also examines the ways in which indigenous cultures in the Southwest interacted with their environment, particularly through their use of plants for food, medicine, and other purposes. Carter discusses the role of agriculture in these cultures, as well as the impact of European colonization on the region's plant communities and cultural practices.
The Mexican Frontier 1821 1846
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Author : David J. Weber
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1982
The Mexican Frontier 1821 1846 written by David J. Weber and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with History categories.
Reinterprets borderlands history from the Mexican perspective.
A Great Aridness
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Author : William deBuys
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-01
A Great Aridness written by William deBuys and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Science categories.
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.