Encounters in Avalanche Country : A History of Survival in the Mountain West, 1820-1920 /

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"Every winter, early settlers of the U.S. and Canadian Mountain West could expect to lose dozens of lives to deadly avalanches. This constant threat to trappers, miners, railway workers, and their families forced individuals and communities to develop knowledge, share strategies, and band toget...

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Autor principal: Di Stefano, Diana L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mountain life.
Human ecology.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Avalanches.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology.
NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA).
Avalanches > Aspect social > Rocheuses, Montagnes > Histoire.
Avalanches > Rocheuses, Montagnes > Histoire.
Vie en montagne > Rocheuses, Montagnes.
Human ecology > Rocky Mountains Region > History.
Human ecology > West (U.S.) > History.
Avalanches > Social aspects > Rocky Mountains > History.
Avalanches > Rocky Mountains > History.
Avalanches > Social aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Avalanches > West (U.S.) > History.
Mountain life > Rocky Mountains.
Mountain life > West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life > Rocky Mountains.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West United States.
Rocky Mountains Region.
Rocky Mountains.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Avalanche Country Study Areas
  • Introduction: Arrival in Avalanche Country
  • 1. Survival Strategies: 1820-1860
  • 2. Mountain Miners, Skiing Mailmen, and Itinerant Preachers: 1850-1895
  • 3. Industrial Mining and Risk
  • 4. Railway Workers and Mountain Towns: 1870-1910
  • 5. Who's to Blame?
  • 6. Disaster in the Cascades
  • 7. Topping v. Great Northern Railway Company
  • 8. Departure from Avalanche Country
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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