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UNINA9910778588903321 |
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Autore |
Wilshire Howard Gordon <1926-> |
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Titolo |
The American West at risk [[electronic resource] ] : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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0-19-756178-0 |
1-281-34185-1 |
9786611341855 |
0-19-972261-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (634 p.) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NielsonJane E |
HazlettRichard W |
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Disciplina |
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Nature conservation - West (U.S.) |
Conservation of natural resources - West (U.S.) |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) |
Land use - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) |
West (U.S.) Environmental conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Once and future trees -- Harvesting the future -- Raiding the range -- Digging to China -- Routes of ruin -- Legacies of war -- Creating the nuclear wasteland -- No habitat but our own -- The last drops -- Garbage of the golden west -- Tragedy of the playground -- Driving to the end of America's birthright -- Nature's way. |
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The American West at Risk summarises the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health. |
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UNINA9910791669703321 |
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Autore |
Morin Karen M |
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Civic discipline [[electronic resource] ] : geography in America, 1860-1890 / / by Karen M. Morin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub., c2011 |
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1-315-57222-2 |
1-317-16567-5 |
1-317-16566-7 |
1-283-01512-9 |
9786613015129 |
1-4094-0144-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in historical geography |
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Disciplina |
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Geography - United States - History |
Geography - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Geography as Civic Discipline in Nineteenth-Century America; 2 Charles P. Daly's Gendered Geography; 3 New York City's Friend of Labor: Geography and Urban Social Reform; 4 Transporting American Empire: Rails, Canals, and the Politics of the "Geo-Personal"; 5 Arctic Science and the "Jurist-Geographer"; 6 "Geographical Exploration is Commercial Progress": In the Congo; 7 Postscript: Reclaiming Charles P. Daly, Prospects and Problems; Bibliography; Index |
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The American Geographical Society (AGS) is the oldest professional geographical organization in the United States (established in 1851), and was the pre-eminent such society in the 19th century. This project explores how geographical knowledge and practices were understood, took shape, and made publicly available via the AGS and Charles P. Daly, the society's president for 35 years (1864-1899). |
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