A sense of the American West : an anthology of environmental history / edited by James E. Sherow.

Other author Sherow, James Earl.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in cooperation with the University of New Mexico Center for the American West, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 308 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions. --History.

Variant title Other title information on cover: Environmental history anthology
SeriesHistorians of the frontier and American West
Historians of the frontier and American West. ^A377272
Contents Introduction: an evening on Konza prairie -- Spirit of place and the value of nature in the American west / Dan Flores -- Environmental change in colonial New Mexico / Robert MacCameron -- Bison ecology and bison diplomacy: the southern plains from 1800-1850 / Dan Flores -- Workings of the geodialectic: high plains Indians and their horses in the region of the Arkansas River valley, 1800-1870 / James E. Sherow -- Emerging desert landscape in Tucson / E. Gregory McPherson and Renee A. Haip -- Reclaiming the arid west: the role of the Northern Pacific Railway in irrigating Kennewick, Washington / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted -- Wildlife, science, and the national parks, 1920-1940 / Thomas R. Dunlap -- Manipulating nature's paradise: national park management under Stephen T. Mather, 1916-1929 / Richard West Sellars -- Battle for wilderness: Echo Park dam and the birth of the modern wilderness movement / Mark W.T. Harvey -- "We can wait. We should wait.": Eugene's nuclear power controversy, 1968-1970 / Daniel Pope -- The community value of water: implications for the rural poor in the southwest / F. Lee Brown and Helen M. Ingram -- Mexican american women grassroots community activists: "Mothers of east Los Angeles" / Mary Pardo -- The drought of 1988, the global warming experiment and its challenge to irrigation in the old dust bowl region / John Opie.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98008387
ISBN0826319130
ISBN0826319149 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GE155.W47 S46 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold