A place called Grand Canyon : contested geographies /

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For most people, "Grand Canyon" signifies that place of scenic wonder identified with Grand Canyon National Park. Beyond the boundaries of the park, however, extends the greater Grand Canyon, a region that includes five Indian reservations, numerous human settlements, and lands managed by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morehouse, Barbara J. (Barbara Jo), 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1996.
Colección:Society, environment, and place.
Temas:
Human geography > Arizona > Grand Canyon Region > History.
Land use > Arizona > Grand Canyon Region > History.
Landscape changes > Arizona > Grand Canyon Region > History.
Land use > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History.
Landscape changes > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History.
Géographie humaine > Arizona > Grand Canyon, Région du > Histoire.
Utilisation du sol > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Histoire.
Paysages > Modifications > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Histoire.
Environnement > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Ecology.
Human geography.
Land use.
Landscape changes.
NATURE / General
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) > History.
Grand Canyon Region (Ariz.) > History.
Grand Canyon Region (Ariz.) > Environmental conditions.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > History.
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) > Histoire.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Histoire.
Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Arizona > Grand Canyon National Park.
Arizona > Grand Canyon Region.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Physical and cultural background
  • Westward expansion : 1870 to 1908
  • The National Park : 1909 to 1919
  • Park consolidation and expansion : 1920 to 1927
  • Park expansion versus a new national monument : 1927 to 1940
  • Frustrated expansion efforts and a new national monument : 1940 to 1969
  • Park and Havasupai Reservation expansion : 1970 to 1975
  • Subsequent and ongoing boundary issues : 1976 to 1995
  • Toward a (re)definition of Grand Canyon
  • Looking backward--and forward.

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