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Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
| Grass [[electronic resource] ] : in search of human habitat / / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.740978 |
| Collana | Organisms and Environments |
| Soggetto topico |
Grassland ecology
Grasslands Grasses |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anecdotes
archaeologists biography autobiography conservation cowboy culture cultural forces environmentalists evolution grass grassland ecologists grasslands biology grasslands historical habitats human habitat lawns modern philosophy nonfiction north america organisms and environments petroleum geologists ranchers rangelands restoration ecology restore ecosystems science majors sustainability textbooks turf wildlife biologists |
| ISBN |
1-282-36109-0
9786612361098 0-520-94452-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Promethean Legacy -- 2. Out of the Forest -- 3. Science and Faith -- 4. Playing God -- 5. Pleasing to the Eye -- 6. Where the Short Grass Grows -- 7. Turf -- 8. Grass and Grazers: An Ecological Primer -- 9. Bison Plains and Prairie Dogs -- 10. Taming of the West -- 11. Production Science Comes to the Range -- 12. The Last Pariah -- 13. The Trouble with Livestock -- 14. Subsidizing John Wayne -- 15. Collateral Damage -- 16. Cowboy -- 17. Resurrection -- 18. Pleistocene Park -- 19. Diversity -- 20. Long Road Home -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402903321 |
Truett Joe C (Joe Clyde), <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
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Mary Austin and the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Goodman, Carl Dawson
| Mary Austin and the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Goodman, Carl Dawson |
| Autore | Goodman Susan <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina |
818/.5209
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DawsonCarl |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - 20th century
Women and literature - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Western stories - History and criticism |
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1903
american consciousness american frontier american history american west art and literature biography autobiography california desert landscape discussion books engaging ethnic diversity frontier life individual history lifetime literary influence mary austin men and women move west nonfiction old west regional history retrospective santa fe sierra nevada southwest tejon pass united states western writers wild west |
| ISBN | 0-520-94226-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chronology of Mary Austin's life and work -- 1. Desert Places 1868-1892 -- 2. Owens Valley: 1892-1900 -- 3. Independence: 1900-1905 -- 4. Carmel: 1904-1907 -- 5. In Italy and England: 1907-1910 -- 6. New York: 1911-1914 -- 7. The Village: 1914-1920 -- 8. The Call of the West: 1920-1924 -- 9. Santa Fe: 1924-1929 -- 10. Indian Detours and Spanish Arts -- 11. Last Years: 1929-1934 -- 12. The Accounting -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779550503321 |
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Goodman Susan <1951->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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