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Environmental Problems in America's Garden of Eden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

Environmental Problems in America's Garden of Eden

This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.

The American People and the National Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 219

The American People and the National Forests

The year 2005 marked the centennial of the founding of the United States Forest Service (USFS). Samuel P. Hays uses this occasion to present a cogent history of the role of American society in shaping the policies and actions of this agency. From its establishment in 1905 under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture, timber and grazing management dominated the agency's agenda. Due to high consumer demand for wood products and meat from livestock, the USFS built a formidable system of forest managers, training procedures, and tree science programs to specifically address these needs. This strong internal organization bolstered the agency during the tumultuous years in the final one-thi...

Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 393

Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude

Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation’s entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates, the development of Salt Lake City’s urban corridor along the Wasatch Range, and the growth of Boise’s celebrated high-tech economy and hip urban culture. The blooming of cities in a fragile desert region poses a host of environmental challenges. The policies required to manage their impact, however, often collide with an entrenched political culture that has long resisted cooperative or governmental effort. The alchemical mixture of three ingredients--cities, aridity, and a libertarian political outlook--makes the Great Basin a compelling place to study. This book addresses a pressing question: are large cities ultimately sustainable in such a fragile environment?

The Suppression of Salt of the Earth
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

The Suppression of Salt of the Earth

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  • Published: 1999
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

Examines the conception, production, distribution, and suppression of the pioneering labor-feminist film made during the virulently anti-communist era of the Cold War.

Preserving Western History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 428

Preserving Western History

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.

Essays in Twentieth-century New Mexico History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Essays in Twentieth-century New Mexico History

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1994
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

This volume supplements the standard accounts of New Mexico history and will reward readers seeking to understand the complex nature of contemporary New Mexico.

Nature's Colloquy with the Word
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 166

Nature's Colloquy with the Word

This goal allies her with poets from Spain's symbolist past, who acknowledge the insufficiency of language yet pursue elusive meaning. Canelo's poetry advances their struggle, since, through a method ecofeminist Carol Bigwood has called "nonlinguistic silent presencing," she is able to finesse an apparent fusion between nature and the word."--Jacket.

Boarding School Blues
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 292

Boarding School Blues

An in depth look at boarding schools and their effect on the Native students.

Growing Up with the Country
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 372

Growing Up with the Country

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1989
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.

Mercury and the Making of California
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 297

Mercury and the Making of California

Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston’s multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California’s mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West. Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in the West. The first industrialized mining in California, mercury mining had its own particular organization, structure, and built environments. These were formed within the Spanish Empire, subsequently transformed by British imperial ambitions, and eventually manipulated by American bankers and...