LEADER 04430nam 22007331 450 001 9910838294803321 005 20240418044305.0 010 $a1-60781-312-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000073223 035 $a(EBL)3443891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12380982 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11087348 035 $a(PQKB)10206965 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443891 035 $a(OCoLC)863158338 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48855 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443891 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10803085 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000073223 100 $a20130927h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRoads in the wilderness $econflict in canyon country /$fJedediah S. Rogers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSalt Lake City :$cUniversity of Utah Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60781-311-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue -- 1. Stories of Origin -- 2. Abbey's Road, Black's Highway -- 3. Roadless in Negro Bill Canyon -- 4. Posturing on the Burr Trail -- 5. Abundance and Scarcity in the Book Cliffs -- 6. Heritage on the Grand Staircase-Escalante -- 7. Off-Roading in Arch Canyon -- 8. Making a Desert Landscape -- Epilogue. 330 2 $a"The canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona--a celebrated desert of rock and sand punctuated by gorges and mesas--is a region hotly contested among vying and disparate interests, from industrial developers to wilderness preservation advocates. Roads are central to the conflicts raging in an area perceived as one of the last large roadless places in the continental United States. The canyon country in fact contains an extensive network of dirt trails and roads, many originally constructed under the authority of a one-sentence statute in an 1866 mining law, later known as R.S. 2477. While well-groomed and paved roads came to signify the industrialization of the modern age, twentieth century conservationists have regarded roads as intrusive human imprints on the nation's wild lands. Roads connect rural communities, spur economic growth, and in some cases blend harmoniously into the landscape, but they also fracture and divide, disturb wildlife and habitat, facilitate industrial development, and spoil wilderness. Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, Rogers demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in the region were Mormon pioneers and current views about land and resource use in southern Utah often derive from stories about how those pioneer ancestors defied wilderness to found their communities in the desert. Roads in the Wilderness will be of interest to environmentalists, historians, and those who live in the American West, challenging readers to think about the canyon country and the stories embedded in the land"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEnvironmental protection$zUtah 606 $aRoads$xEconomic aspects$zUtah 606 $aRoads$xEnvironmental aspects$zUtah 606 $aRoads$xPolitical aspects$zUtah 606 $aRoads$zUtah$xHistory 606 $aSocial conflict$zUtah 606 $aWilderness areas$zUtah 607 $aUtah$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aUtah$xHistory 607 $aUtah$xPolitics and government 615 0$aEnvironmental protection 615 0$aRoads$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aRoads$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aRoads$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aRoads$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial conflict 615 0$aWilderness areas 676 $a388.1097925 686 $aHIS036140$aNAT011000$2bisacsh 700 $aRogers$b Jedediah Smart$01726647 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838294803321 996 $aRoads in the wilderness$94132583 997 $aUNINA