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This contested land : the storied past and uncertain future of America's national monuments /
"McKenzie Long visits thirteen national monuments, from Golde Butte in Nevada to Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, and writes an eye-opening exploration of the stories these natural sites tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them today. In essays both contemplative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: A closer look
- National monuments visited in this book
- The heart of Bears Ears : Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
- The conflict of dreams : Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine
- The meaning of monuments : Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, California
- Seeing : Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon and California
- Digging : Castle Mountains National Monument, California
- Shifting : Sand to Snow National Monument, California
- Expanding : Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii
- Layering : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
- On sharing : Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico
- On reactions : Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington
- On walls : Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico
- On patterns : Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada
- On possession : Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada
- Epilogue: Looking forward.