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UNINA9910963818403321 |
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Autore |
Sheridan Thomas E. |
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Titolo |
Arizona : a history / / Thomas E. Sheridan |
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Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-8165-9954-8 |
1-299-19209-2 |
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Edizione |
[Revised edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 484 p.) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
United States Local History |
Arizona History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Incorporation -- 1. The Native Americans -- 2. The Arrival of the Europeans -- 3. Mexican Arizona and the Anglo Frontier -- 4. Early Anglo Settlement and the Beginning of the Indian Wars -- 5. The Military Conquest of Indian Arizona -- II . Extraction -- 6. The Freighters and the Railroads -- 7. Cattle -- 8. Silver and Gold -- 9. Copper -- 10. Oases in the Desert -- 11. Water and Cotton -- III . Transformation -- 12. Climate -- 13. The Depression and the New Deal -- 14. World War II and the Postwar Boom -- 15. The Other Arizona -- 16. From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- 17. Arizona in the Twenty-First Century -- 18. The Political Ecology of a Desert State -- Reference Material -- Bibliographic Essays -- Index -- Maps -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hailed as a model state history thanks to Thomas E.Sheridan's thoughtful analysis and lively interpretation of the people and events shaping the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has become a standard in the field. |
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