River Flowing From The Sunrise An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan /
The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from...
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Logan :
University Press of Colorado
2000
Utah State University Press, 2000.
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- 1st ed.
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The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from scientific explorers to busted miners, the San Juan has attracted more attention and fueled more hopes than such a remote, unpromising, and muddy stream would seem to merit.
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- 1 online resource (234 p.)
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- English
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1980211) and index.
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9780874213973
0874213975
9780874214031
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Parallelausgabe: 9780874214048Parallelausgabe: 0874214041
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