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UNINA9910148560603321 |
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Titolo |
America's national parks : 100 years of preserving our land and heritage |
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New York : , : Time Inc. Books, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (108 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
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National parks and reserves - United States |
National monuments - United States |
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Monografia |
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Introduction -- 100 candles for our National Parks -- Guardian of the Nation's Spirit --Photo gallery ; Celebrating America's crown jewels ; NPS by the numbers -- Preserving America's singular spaces -- Lure of a challenge ; Profile ; Cliff-hangers on El Capitan ; Preserving exotic ecosystems ; Profile: father of our National Parks ; Going to extremes ; Profile: a president with a passion for nature ; Far away in space and time ; Profile: enduring portraits of primal forces -- Preserving America's heritage -- Nation of Gateways ; Profile: the critic who first led the parks ; Landmarks of discovery ; Profile: in the footsteps of John Muir ; of monuments and memorials ; Profile: sharing history, beyond the fables. |
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As the National Park Service marks its 100th birthday in 2016, TIME celebrates America's spectacular, unspoiled natural treasures. Vast in scale at nearly 85 million acres, the park system stretches from Acadia park in Maine to War in the Pacific park on Guam and more than 400 parks in between, visited by 280 million people each year. Highlights of this special edition:Jewels in the crown: a lavish pictorial tour of the most breathtaking parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Grand Teton Founding fathers: the idea of a national park began with Western painter George Catlin and was later embraced by President Teddy Roosevelt after three nights under the stars in Yosemite Valley. A visitor's guide to the best of the parks and monuments, from the spectacular to the quirky |
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UNINA9910788976603321 |
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Indigenous literacies in the Americas : language planning from the bottom up / / edited by Nancy H. Hornberger |
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1997 |
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[Reprint 2012] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 75 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Indians - Languages - Writing |
Language planning - America |
Written communication - America |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Indigenous literacies in the Americas / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- North America -- Teaching and preserving Yup'ik traditional literacy / Wahlberg, Nastasia -- Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible / Lipka, Jerry / Ilustik, Esther -- Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school / Dick, Galena Sells / McCarty, Teresa L. -- Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance / Watahomigie, Lucille J. / McCarty, Teresa L. -- Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming "literate" in an oral society / Benjamin, Rebecca / Pecos, Regis / Romero, Mary Eunice -- Meso America -- Language preservation and publishing / Bernard, H. Russell -- Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi / Ventura, Josefa Leonarda González -- Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience / Pedraza, Jesús Salinas -- Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview / Richards, Julia Becker / Richards, Michael -- South America -- Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru / Godenzzi, Juan Carlos -- An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru / Chirinos, Andres -- Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador / King, Kendall A. -- Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards |
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bilingual intercultural education / Cotacachi, Mercedes -- Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia / Hornberger, Nancy H. / King, Kendall A. -- To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis / López, Luis Enrique -- Conclusion -- Language planning from the bottom up / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- Afterword -- Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy / Street, Brian V. -- Index |
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