Guadalupe Mountains National Park : an environmental history of the Southwest borderlands /

"The Guadalupe Mountains stand nearly 9,000 feet tall, spanning the far western fringe of Texas, the border of New Mexico, and the meeting point of the Southern Plains and Chihuahuan Desert. Long an iconic landmark of the Trans-Pecos region, the Guadalupe Mountains have played a critical role f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shepherd, Jeffrey P., 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Texas > Guadalupe Mountains National Park > History.
Landscape changes > Texas > Guadalupe Mountains National Park > History.
National parks and reserves > Texas.
Parcs nationaux > Texas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Ecology.
Landscape changes.
National parks and reserves.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Tex.) > History.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Tex.) > Environmental conditions > History.
Texas.
Texas > Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Geology and environment
  • Pre-Columbian Indigenous worlds
  • Indigenous peoples, Spain, and Mexico
  • War, exploration, and conquest : 1836-1865
  • Conflict and early community formation, 1865-1881
  • The nature of economic development in the Texas-New Mexico borderlands, 1880-1915
  • The interwar years, 1919-1941
  • The creation of Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • A national park for the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion : a national park in the Southwest borderlands.

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