1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455110903321

Autore

Farmer Jared <1974->

Titolo

On Zion's mount [[electronic resource] ] : Mormons, Indians, and the American landscape / / Jared Farmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-04743-5

0-674-03671-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Disciplina

979.2/24

Soggetti

Ute Indians - History

Mormons - History

Frontier and pioneer life - Utah

Landscape assessment - United States

Indians in popular culture - United States

Electronic books.

Timpanogos, Mount (Utah) History

Utah Lake (Utah) History

Utah History

Great Basin Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-439) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Liquid antecedents -- Ute genesis, Mormon exodus -- Brigham Young and the famine of the Fish-Eaters -- The desertification of Zion -- pt. 2. Making a mountain : alpine play -- Rocky Mountain Saints -- Hiking into modern times -- Sundance and suburbia -- pt. 3. Marking a mountain : Indian play -- Renaming the land -- The rise and fall of a lover's leap -- Performing a remembered past.

Sommario/riassunto

On Zion's Mount shows how, paradoxically, the Mormons created their homeland at the expense of the local Indians-and how they expressed their sense of belonging by investing Mt. Timpanogos with "Indian" meaning.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910709789403321

Autore

Belt Robin

Titolo

Long-Term Pavement Performance Program : falling weight deflectometer maintenance manual / / Robin Belt, Tyler Morrison, Eric Weaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

McLean, VA : , : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Adminstration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, , December 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

SpringerJack

Soggetti

Pavements - Testing - Instruments

Pavements - Live loads - Testing

Pavements - Performance

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-05-153."

"December 2006."

"HRDI-13/12-06(1M)E"--Page 91.

"Performing organization: Fugro Consultants, LP"--Report documentation page.

"Contracting Officer's Technical Representative: Jack Springer"--Report documentation page.

Includes a table and an appendix.