Landscape Of Desire / Greg Gordon

• Autore: Gordon Greg <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 917.92/50433; 917.9250433
• Soggetto topico: Geology - Utah; Natural history - Utah; Canyons - Utah; Landscapes - Utah
• Soggetto geografico: Moab Region (Utah) Description and travel; Utah Description and travel
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-213).
• Nota di contenuto: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Preface THE RIM; AUTHOR'S NOTE; i MANCOS SHALE; ii MORRISON; iii SUMMERVILLE; iv ENTRADA; v CARMEL; vi WINGATE; vii CHINLE; viii MOENKOPI; ix WHITE RIM; x MOENKOPI; xi CARMEL; xii ASPHALT; xiii UNCONFORMITY; xiv CARMEL; xv NAVAJO REVISITED; xvi MORE NAVAJO; xvii NAVAJO; xviii KAYENTA; xix WINGATE; xx WHITE RIM; xxi ORGAN ROCK SHALE; xxii INUNDATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Sommario/riassunto: Landscape of Desire powerfully documents and celebrates a place and the evolutions that occur when human beings are intimately connected to their surroundings. Greg Gordon accomplishes this with a tapestry of writing that interweaves land use history, natural history, experiential education, and personal reflection. He tracks the geomorphology of southern Utah as well as the creatures and plants his student group encounters, the history lessons (planned and unplanned), the trials and joys of gathering so many individuals into a cohesive will, and his own personal epiphan
• Titolo autorizzato: Landscape Of Desire
• ISBN: 0-87421-477-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213825303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II