Seeing things whole : the essential John Wesley Powell /

John Wesley Powell was an American original. He was the last of the nation's great continental explorers and the first of a new breed of public servant: part scientist, part social reformer, part institution builder. His work and life reveal an enduringly valuable way of thinking about land, wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Otros Autores: DeBuys, William Eno
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2001.
Temas:
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902.
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902 > Philosophy.
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902
Arid regions > West (U.S.)
Explorers > United States > Biography.
Geologists > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Explorateurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Géologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > États-Unis > Biographies.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > Geophysics.
Arid regions
Conservationists
Ecology
Explorers
Geologists
Philosophy
Travel
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Descriptions et voyages.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Descriptions et voyages.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Descriptions et voyages.
Arizona > Grand Canyon
North America > Colorado River
United States
West United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Down the Colorado: Letters from the Wilderness Post
  • Selection 1 Party Has Reached This Point in Safety 39
  • Selection 2 Wreck of the No-Name 41
  • Part II Voyage into the Great Unknown
  • Selection 3 Through the Grand Canyon from the Little Colorado to the Virgin River 61
  • Part III Among the Natives of the Colorado Plateau
  • Selection 4 Camped with the Shivwits and the Fate of the Separated Three 99
  • Selection 5 Ancient Province of Tusayan 107
  • Part IV Report on the Lands of the Arid Region
  • Selection 7 Physical Characteristics of the Arid Region 156
  • Selection 8 Land System Needed for the Arid Region 185
  • Part V Nation's Expert
  • Selection 9 Trees on Arid Lands 219
  • Selection 10 Lesson of Conemaugh 226
  • Selection 11 Address to the Montana Constitutional Convention 235
  • Part VI Advice for the Century
  • Selection 12 Irrigable Lands of the Arid Region 255
  • Selection 13 Non-Irrigable Lands of the Arid Region 281
  • Selection 14 Institutions for the Arid Lands 299
  • Part VII A Philosopher for Humankind
  • Selection 15 From Barbarism to Civilization 325
  • Selection 16 Competition as a Factor in Human Evolution 340.

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