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Grand Canyon : a history of a natural wonder and national park /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reno, Nevada :
University of Nevada Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | America's national parks
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: reverence and conquest
- Geology: the land writes the human stories
- Native Americans: the canyon as home
- Explorers: the great unknown
- Exploiters: the wild west canyon
- Conservation: "Leave it as it is."
- Culture: pioneers of perception
- National park: if you build it
- Architecture: buildings grown by the canyon itself
- The environmental era: seeing nature from the inside
- Adventure: the Mount Everest of river trips
- Conclusion: the land was ours before we were the land's.