California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman |
Autore | Beidleman Richard G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.794 |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California Naturalists - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
botany boundary surveys california david douglas death valley expedition explorers fieldwork frontier geological survey geology john fremont la perouse land development land management mexican war monterey natural sciences natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction pacific northwest paleontology paolo botta plants railroads richard hinds sara lemmon science scientists settling the west thomas nuttall united states wild west wilderness william brewer zoology |
ISBN |
0-520-92750-8
9786612356339 1-282-35633-X 1-59875-921-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669403321 |
Beidleman Richard G
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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The frontier in American culture [[electronic resource] ] : an exhibition at the Newberry Library, August 26, 1994 - January 7, 1995 / / essays by Richard White, Patricia Nelson Limerick ; edited by James R. Grossman |
Autore | White Richard <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : Library |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02/0747731 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LimerickPatricia Nelson <1951->
GrossmanJames R |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american hero american history american west annie oakley buffalo bill columbian exposition cowboys custer empty continent folk tales folklore frontier indians indigenous peoples jack crawford land rights little bighorn log cabins manifest destiny military national identity native americans nonfiction oregon trail pioneers popular culture settler colonialism settlers settling the west sitting bull wagon trains western movement western wild west show wild west |
ISBN |
1-283-38212-1
9786613382122 0-520-91532-1 0-585-11550-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill -- The Adventures of the Frontier in the Twentieth Century -- Checklist of Materials Exhibited |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778857803321 |
White Richard <1947->
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Chicago, : Library | ||
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Public lands and political meaning [[electronic resource] ] : ranchers, the government, and the property between them / / Karen R. Merrill |
Autore | Merrill Karen R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.74/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Public lands - United States - History
Government ownership - United States - History Ranchers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History Pasture, Right of - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american west cattle environment federal government federal land agencies frontier government control grazing lands history land administration land management land rights land use modern west nature political science politics property rights protest public grazing public lands public range ranchers ranching range sagebrush rebellions settlers settling the west social issues state building united states wild west |
ISBN |
0-520-92688-9
1-59734-838-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Policing and policy-making on the range -- The properties of the home-builder -- The lessons of the market -- The sovereignty of the state, or the states? -- The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate" -- Property rights and political meaning. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780078603321 |
Merrill Karen R
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Translating property [[electronic resource] ] : the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 / / María E. Montoya |
Autore | Montoya María E. <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 978.9 |
Soggetto topico | Land tenure - New Mexico - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
chicano colonialism colorado ethnicity frontier history homestead act indigenous people indigenous rights land development land grant land rights legal history lucien maxwell mexican americans mexican governors mexican history mexico native american new mexico pioneers race settler colonialism settlers settling the west southwest squatters supreme court treaties treaty of guadalupe hidalgo us courts wild west |
ISBN |
0-520-92648-X
1-59734-962-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Contested Boundaries -- 2. Regulating Land, Labor, and Bodies: Mexican Married Women, Peones, and the Remains of Feudalism -- 3. From Hacienda to Colony -- 4. Prejudice, Confrontation, and Resistance: Taking Control of the Grant -- 5. The Law of the Land: U.S. v. Maxwell Land Grant Company -- 6. The Legacy of Land Grants in the American West -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375903321 |
Montoya María E. <1964->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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