River flowing from the sunrise : an environmental history of the lower San Juan /

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Natural history of the lower San Juan River in the US Southwest.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aton, James M., 1949-
Otros Autores: McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2000.
©2000
Temas:
Human ecology > San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah) > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ecology.
Human ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah) > Environmental conditions.
San Juan, Vallée de la (Col.-Utah) > Conditions environnementales.
United States > San Juan River Valley.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: A river in time
  • Introduction: Twelve millennia on the San Juan
  • ch. 1, Prehistory: from clovis hunters to corn farmers
  • ch. 2, Navajos, Paiutes, and Utes: views of a sacred land
  • ch. 3, Exploration and science: defining terra incognita
  • ch. 4, Livestock: cows, feed, and floods
  • ch. 5, Agriculture: ditches, droughts, and disasters
  • ch. 6, City building: farming the triad
  • ch. 7, Mining: black and yellow gold in redrock country
  • ch. 8, The federal government: dams, tamarisk, and pikeminnows
  • ch. 9, San Juan of the imagination: local and national values
  • Epilogue: Visions: flowing from the sunrise or a water spigot?

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