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Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale
| Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/0978 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ValeThomas R. <1943-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.)
Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs Landscapes - West (U.S.) Fire ecology - West (U.S.) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-59726-602-7
1-4175-9578-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450633303321 |
| Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale
| Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/0978 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ValeThomas R. <1943-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.)
Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs Landscapes - West (U.S.) Fire ecology - West (U.S.) |
| ISBN |
1-59726-602-7
1-4175-9578-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783250203321 |
| Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale
| Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/0978 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ValeThomas R. <1943-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.)
Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs Landscapes - West (U.S.) Fire ecology - West (U.S.) |
| ISBN |
1-59726-602-7
1-4175-9578-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812898303321 |
| Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Losing Eden : an environmental history of the American West / / Sara Dant
| Losing Eden : an environmental history of the American West / / Sara Dant |
| Autore | Dant Sara <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 978 |
| Collana | Western History Series |
| Soggetto topico | Human ecology - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-119-40738-9
1-118-93430-X 1-118-93431-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Nature of the West; Suggested Reading; 1 Losing "Eden"; Suggested Reading; 2 The West Transformed; Suggested Reading; 3 Claiming and Taming the Land; Suggested Reading; 4 The Great Barbecue; Suggested Reading; 5 The Pivotal Decade; Suggested Reading; 6 Conservation and Preservation; Suggested Reading; 7 Roll On; Suggested Reading; 8 Booming the West; Suggested Reading; 9 Building Consensus; Suggested Reading; 10 Environmental Backlash and the New West; Suggested Reading
Epilogue: Sustainability and the "Triumph of the Commons"Suggested Reading; Index; End User License Agreement |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910271006203321 |
Dant Sara <1967->
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
| Sunset limited [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
| Autore | Orsi Richard J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (640 p.) |
| Disciplina | 385/.0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroads - California - History
Water resources development - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450099203321 |
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Orsi Richard J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
| Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
| Autore | Orsi Richard J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 385/.0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroads - California - History
Water resources development - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - History |
| ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783320003321 |
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Orsi Richard J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi
| Sunset limited : the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / / Richard J. Orsi |
| Autore | Orsi Richard J |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 385/.0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroads - California - History
Water resources development - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - History |
| ISBN |
0-520-94086-5
1-59875-540-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?": wilderness preservation; "Putting our properties on the most conservative and scientific basis": resource conservation -- Epilogue -- A note on Southern Pacific Company manuscript sources. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821190403321 |
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Orsi Richard J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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