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The Northwest has been at the forefront of forest management and research in the United States for more than one hundred years. In The U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, Gerald Williams provides an historical overview of the part the Forest Service has played in managing the Northwest’s forests.

Emphasizing changes in management policy over the years, Williams discusses the establishment of the national forests in Oregon and Washington, grazing on public land, the Great Depression, World War II, and the rise of multiple-use management policies. He draws on extensive documentation of the post-war development boom to explore its effects on forests and Forest Service workers. Discussing such controversial issues as roadless areas and wilderness designation; timber harvesting; forest planning; ecosystems; and spotted owls, Williams demonstrates the impact of 1970s environmental laws on national forest management.

The book is rich in photographs, many drawn from the Gerald W. Williams Collection, housed in University Archives at Oregon State University Libraries. Extensive appendices provide detailed data about Pacific Northwest forests.

Chronicling a century of the agency’s management of almost 25 million acres of national forests and grasslands for the people of the United States, The U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest is a welcome and overdue resource. ... Read more

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Below the Escondido Rim details the evolution of a legendary Texas cattle ranch and the historic background in which it evolved. It is a story about dreams as big as the land itself, of hardship and success and failure, of long days in the saddle beneath a relentless sun, of booms and busts, boondoggles and burnouts, overextension and recoil. It is a story about trying to overcome adversity in an incredibly vast but difficult land. ... Read more

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A great read. Full of the culture, history, geography, ecology and characters that comprise a specific and very interesting region of the country.All of that in a clear, compassionate voice that makes you want to keep reading. You'll find yourself as taken with the subject as Keller is. ... Read more

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A highly entertaining and enlightening read!
This is one of the better books I have ever read (mostly text and very few photos/illustrations) about saloons, and saloons in the Rockie Mountains in particular.Lots of great stories, saloon lexicon, who ran saloons and what the saloons were like.The book even covers what it cost to start up a saloon in the 1800s, from the tent saloon with a 2x12 for a bar to the most elegant saloons with paneling, crystal glassware, marble bars, elegant paintings, etc.Also covered are the various types of beverages, how difficult it was to transport them to remote mining camps, the profits one could make in the saloon business..ethnicity of saloon owners and so forth.After reading this book, you will know so much about these old saloons that your daydreams with be very authentic...great source for writers, researchers, students. ... Read more

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Albert Glock, Director of Birzeit Univeristy's Institute of Archaeology, was one of the first archaeologists to promote and foster research into the archaeological record of Palestinian Arabs. This volume commemorates his contribution to archaeology and education in Palestine and the Near East and includes studies by his colleagues and articles by Glock himself that were previously unpublished. Papers discuss: oral history, ethnoarchaeology, cultural traditions, ceramic studies, site abandonment and site formation processes, Early Bronze Age seals, mortuary customs, the future of archaeology in the Near East and much more besides. ... Read more

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The Penn Central existed only from the New York Central--Pennsylvania merger in 1968, until the formation of Conrail in 1976. This book fills an information void with its 208 wonderful photographs taken between 1970 and 1972. The photos, with their detailed captions, portray the 5,000-plus miles of PC's Southern Region.

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Excellent text but photos deserve better.
I just purchased this book and found that the text is fascinating and informative as other reviewers have already noted.What disappointed me was that the all black and white photos were reproduced with too much contrast and grain.They remind me of photographs reproduced in newspapers.The quality of pictures is similar to those found in the series "Images of Rail".Perhaps I have been spoiled by the MBI series of railroad books but I do believe these pictures deserve better.

A Different Kind Of Railroad Book...
One of the best railroad books out there that combines photos with nitty-gritty railroad insight.

It's not loaded with color photographs like many other railroad books on the market, but the information provided with each image is very detailed and interesting... Especially for those interested in the Penn Central and the operational problems that developed due to the merger of the Pennsylvania RR and the New York Central.

A very in depth study of an often ignored area of the Penn Central.

A first class look atthe Penn Central's Southern Region
Unlike many railroad picture books, the captions in this book contain detailed operational information. The equipment is downplayed; rather, the focus is on commodities, routings, tonnage, and schedules. Nonetheless, the photographs, mostly by the author, are a wonderful and rare look at the Penn Central's Southern Region trains.

If you like this book you may also enjoy Conrail Commodities. ... Read more

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The art contained in this portfolio--all from the renowned Chandler-Pohrt Collection--includes colorful men's and women's clothing, buckskin and porcupine quill bags, woven sashes, jewelry, smoking pipes, and other decorative and ceremonial objects, all made between 1800 and 1920. The design and craftsmanship are witness to the creative spirit that endured even in the face of continual governmental attempts at forced assimilation. Replete with twenty-four beautifully printed, unbound, full-color plates, Art of the American Indian Frontier opens the door to the rich world of North American Woodlands and Plains Indian art. ... Read more

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The sea and Great Lakes have inspired American authors from colonial times to the present to produce enduring literary works. This reference is a comprehensive survey of American sea literature. The alphabetical arrangement of the volume facilitates access to facts about major literary works, authors, characters, themes, vessels, places, and ideas central to American literature of the sea and Great Lakes. While the book includes entries for canonical white male authors such as Herman Melville and Jack London, it also gives considerable attention to women at sea and to ethnically diverse writers, works, and themes. Each of the entries is written by an expert contributor and many provide brief bibliographies. In addition, the volume closes with a chronology and a list of works for further reading. ... Read more

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The meteoric rise of Las Vegas from Mormon outpost to international entertainment center. Since Las Vegas was founded on May 15, 1905, when the Union Pacific auctioned off land around its new railroad shops, the city has grown from a ramshackle village to a sprawling metropolitan area of well over a million people.

Las Vegas: A Centennial History offers a detailed and deeply knowledgeable account of the growth of this unique city, the impact of politics and of wars, and the city’s struggle to establish diversified economy. The authors’ scope extends chronologically from the first Paiute people who settled around the artesian springs that gave the city its name, right up to the construction of the latest megaresort, and geographically far beyond the original township to include the several municipalities that make up the metropolitan Las Vegas area.

Las Vegas: A Centennial History celebrates the city’s unparalleled growth in the brief century of its existence. It also offers fresh insight into the process of city building in the American West, where urban needs and aspirations must contend with water scarcity, isolation, erratic economies, highly diverse populations, and the rocky relationship between the need for civic order and the Western spirit of independence. Its story will engage residents and visitors alike, as well as all readers interested in the history and workings of an American city. ... Read more

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The culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most important public works' initiatives of the twentieth century. Seen as vital to North American commerce and strategic in advancing America's position on the world stage, the billion dollar seaway and power dam were also a phenomenal feat of engineering involving an unprecedented level of cooperation between Canadian and American agencies and the unrelenting efforts of workers on both sides of the border. Dubbed the greatest construction show on earth, the largest waterway and hydro dam project ever jointly built by two nations consisted of seven locks, the widening of various canals, the taming of rapids, and the erection of the 3216-foot long, 195.5-foot high Robert Moses - Robert H. Saunders Power Dam.

In this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters. Drawing on firsthand accounts, she provides a vivid portrait of the lives of the men who built the seaway and the women who accompanied them. On the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication of the power dam and waterway, this book is a fitting tribute to the hard work and dedication of the project's 22,000 workers. ... Read more

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Brings back memories of my youth
I grew up about 30 miles from the project while it was under construction.The book brought back memories of the headlines in the local papers at the time.The book also enlightened me on Snell's dedication to the project.I was vaguely aware of the international cooperation required to bring it off but the book really highlights that.I knew guys who worked on it though I was too young to do so.The interviews run the gamut from laborers to engineers/supervisors so it give a good cross sectional view of the work that was done.

Honey NY
Excellent book - gives a great deal of the history of the building of the Seaway Power Project.The book outlines several people who lived in that era- their life and times and hardships.Many stories from those who worked on the project.Makes you want to just keep reading story after story.

Seaway Circus
Having recently dealt with the Ringling Bros. - B & B Circus, I can't help avoiding the allusion...I listened today (24 May 09) to part of an interview with the author.WVCR Sienna College Radio.My old man was up there on that project.I have one of the wool coats he wore then.This will be his Father's Day gift. ... Read more

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Revised and expanded to include new research, a discussion of new interpretative trends and a review of new literature since the publication of the first edition in 1990, "The Free People Chr(45) Li Gens Libres" is a comprehensive history of the Metis community and national historic site of Batoche, Saskatchewan. Diane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche. Her study is the culmination of over twenty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community. Her inquiry draws on a range of dictated and written historical sources, both Metis and non-Metis, as well as more recent oral history narratives and personal observations.This is one of the few studies on Metis communities in western and northern Canada. Payment's approach demonstrates that any understanding of Metis culture cannot be based on European or Euro-Canadian historical models, but on its own values and traditions. She provides new insights into the armed resistance of 1885 and figures such as Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont and Charles Nolin, as well as women such as Marguerite Caron and Christine Pilon.Payment argues that Batoche has persisted as a community despite conflict, crisis and prejudice from immigrant ethnic groups and institutions such as the Canadian government and the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding in maintaining its uniquely Metis identity. ... Read more

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Historian David Freeland Duke has united 17 essential articles into one unified and coherent set of readings. The book sets the stage with four critical readings on environmental history, including an important piece of gender and the environment. ... Read more

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The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizationsof the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present.Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans.The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. ... Read more

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At the height of their power in the late eleventhcentury, the Chaco Anasazi dominated a territory in the AmericanSouthwest larger than any European principality of the time. A vastand powerful alliance of thousands of farming hamlets and nearly 100spectacular towns integrated the region through economic and religiousties, and the whole system was interconnected with hundreds of milesof roads. It took these Anasazi farmers more than seven centuries tolay the agricultural, organizational, and technological groundwork forthe creation of classic Chacoan civilization, which lasted about 200yearsonly to collapse spectacularly in a mere 40.

Why did such a great society collapse? Who survived? Why? In thislively book anthropologist/archaeologist David Stuart presents answersto these questions that offer useful lessons to modern societies. Hisaccount of the rise and fall of the Chaco Anasazi brings to life thepeople known to us today as the architects of Chaco Canyon, thespectacular national park in New Mexico that thousands of touristsvisit every year.

Chacos failure, Stuart argues, was a failure to adapt to theconsequences of rapid growth. Foremost among Chacoans problemswere misuse of farmland, malnutrition, loss of community, andinability to deal with climatic catastrophe. The descendants of theAnasazi, the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, adapted strategically tominimize the impact of these problems. Stuart sees the contrastingfates of the Anasazi and their Pueblo descendants as a parable formodern societies. ... Read more

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An incredible book in just 200 short pages
Stuart gives a good, basic explanation for the collapse of the "Chaco phenomenon." (He doesn't use the word, but you could say, even, as I felt, the collapse of the "Chaco state.") He then looks how a temporary change for the better in climate and some reorganization let Mesa Verdeans make a short stab at replacing Chaco's spread befor that collapsed itself a bit more than a century later.

From there, he doesn't stop. He leads readers into the beginnings of the Pueblo IV era of the ancestral Puebloans and to the dawn of modern Pueblos, and their emergence into Western history.

Stuart is not afraid to draw parallels and point out lessens that modern American inhabitants of the Southwest fail to -- or refuse to -- learn but at their own peril. And I am in total agreement on this part of the book, too, while noting that with nearly a decade since its writing, the rich-poor gap in the U.S. has but expanded, not decreased.

That said, even if you don't agree with his modern sociopolitical analysis, you've got plenty to learn from this book.

And, having grown up in Gallup, N.M., Mr. Stuart has lit fires of nostalgia and more within me.

like taking a good course on the Anasazi
A friend who took Stuart's class at the University of New Mexico recommended this book to me.It has become my favorite book on the Anasazi after David Roberts's IN SEARCH OF THE OLD ONES.Stuart, with the aid of his students, provides a terrific overview of not only the Anasazi, but the paleo-Indians that preceded them and the Pueblo people who came after them.Stuart is a scholar who avoids too much factual detail (though the book is dry in places) and the tendency to romanticize and speculate too much on Anasazi culture. Especially interesting are Stuart's insights into the thousands of small Anasazi farming communities often ignored by those more interested in the Chacoan "great houses" or the spectacular cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, why and how the Anasazi culture collapsed, and how out of it grew the more sustainable, enduring Pueblo culture.Where did the Anasazi go?Their descendents are still here, the people who live in 22 pueblos in New Mexico and on the Hopi Pueblo in Arizona.Lastly, Stuart draws lessons and warnings from the collapse of Anasazi culture for contemporary America: If we don't find a more sustainable way to live, our culture will not fare any better than the ancient Anasazi.

this book supported by readable archaeological research
this book reverses the traditional view of the Chaco culture. Chaco represents to alot of people as a "golden age" of Indian prehistory with the numerous kivas of Pueblo Bonito and other settlements of the canyon.However according to Stuart the Chaco Age was a period of rise and decline as the valley's economy and way of life was dominated over by Chaco's religious and ceremonial elite who scimmed off the best portions for themselves leaving smaller households with higher infant mortality rates and shorter life expectancy.Stuart supports his suppositions by good archaeological research spanning decades of study and debate.Also he cites evidence that Chaco may not have gone "peacefully into the night", but displays rearch indicating a possible to probable,violent and sudden fall that put the four corners area into chaos for about a century after.As Stuart goes through the different periods proceeding after Chaco, (the Pueblo 1,2, and 3 era)you can readily see the logical procession to a more efficient and egalitarian society for the Amerindians of this area.So if you look at the grandiose ruins of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco and see the smaller Pueblo villages of today and wonder what happened,you'll say(after reading this book),the Pueblo moved to a more efficient way of life.One that was more fair to farmers and artisans.Also Stuart explains the Basketmaker culture which I always wondered about,simply put,this culture used baskets instead of pottery for everyday use including cooking dropping hot stones in the baskets to heat. These people preceded Chaco but were also around at the time of Chaco and even today you can see some well crafted baskets in the area.Stuart also does alot of interesting explaining about water usage and rain patterns and how the Chaco civilization was not able to cope with even small droughts,periods of 1 or 2 years made a drastic difference.With all the Kivas the Chacoans built a person would think they were more religious than present day Puebloan indians,however this is certainly not true. the author points out that Puebloan religion is even more vital now than in Chacoan times with a rich ceremonial life. Bigger as were the Chacoan great houses was not always better.

Should stic to archeology
30+ years ago I toured some of the Anasazi sites.At that time there remained a lot of mystery about what had happened there.This has fueled all sorts of fiction including part of the thread of "X-Files".Since then most of the general chronolgy has been worked out and in many ways is more interesting than ancient SciFi aliens.Stuart provides the best non-academic overview of the Anaszi history I'm aware of.Most definately a good read.I found particularly interesting that the spectacular cliff dwellings were really just a minor sidebar to the overall story.

Unfortunately, Stuart couldn't resist dabbling in pop-economics and attempts to draw dubious parrallels with current events.The Anaszi had neither a written language nor a monetary, market (or semi-market) driven economy.These are two very effective non-hightech tools that alllowed European contemporaries of the Anaszi to survive and bounce back from even worse calamaties.

Rocomendation:Read and enjoy the history of the Anszi but ignore the the nonsensical digressions in to current politics.

Applied archaeology
Impressive.The implications of Professor Stuart's analysis of the Chaco Canyon and later Pueblo cultures in Anasazi America blows one away.Certainly some of the social data from our own culture and time period, which he uses for comparison, are scary!The book has a very interesting concept, namely that we can apply what we know of modern economics to the ancient world and what we discover of economic outcomes in the ancient world to our own.While I'm none too certain this is a valid premise, it certainly made for interesting reading!I am by no means an expert in prehistoric Southwestern America, but I have done some reading on the subject, and I can't recall when I've read a volume that made so much sense of the mystery of the collapse of ancient indigenous culture

Unlike many students of ancient history and culture, this author does not stop with a simple description of the data or the sequence of events.He extrapolates principles relevant to all cultures, including our own.Most authors on the American Southwest make much of the climate changes which made life in the area nearly impossible;Stuart'sanalysis of this data and of the timing of the furious building activity that occurred toward the end of the phase uses economic principals and modern sociology.This technique makes the period come alive. Stuart points out that all human behavior is motivated, and motivated not just by basic biological needs but by social and cultural needs and expectations as well.Stuart uses evidence of violence, even of possible cannibalism that occurred as a climax to the period to understand the implications of decline, violence and collapse on the evolution or extinction of a society. He also applies what he discovers of human behavior in this setting to what he sees as occurring in our own culture. As middle and lower socio-economic classes feel more and more disenfranchised,modern society is facing a possible withdrawal from its principles and leadership.

Some of Stuart's summary of the succession of cultures in New Mexico and the Four Corner's region are arguably speculative. The assumptions he makes about why people did things-like move away from their homes and property-so long as they relate to such factors as climate, infant and maternal mortality rates, nutrition and malnutrition, etc. seem quite sound.When it comes to less quantifiable issues-like personal values, the sense of community among society's constituency, religious intent, etc,-his observations, while certainly very credible, are also not testable.

With these caveats in mind, the reader will discover through this discourse that our own lifestyle as it is currently practiced, may not be indefinitely sustainable.The US might well be facing a cultural disintegration not unlike that of the Anasazi.If the social statistics in the author's final analysis are correct, and they certainly seem reliable to me, the effects of our rather profligate style of consumerism are already producing negative outcomes for a significant portion of the US population.We may share more in common with the ancient Anasazi than we realize.We may evolve into a more sustainable society as the Pueblo people did, or we may go extinct as the Anasazi people did.

As the author points out in his introduction, the book arose as the result of a very favorably received classroom style that stressed the relationship between economics and social cohesion, using archeology as the medium of introduction.In doing so the professor made his specialty relevant to the lives of his students in a way that inspired them.It inspired me too.Unmentioned by the author is the fact that much of our culture is shared by the world, and while the third world may not be politically incorporated into the US or into the privileged portion of the world, it is definitely part of the globalized culture that has arisen as a result of more rapid communication and transportation.It is not inconceivable that the collapse that Stuart envisions for the US cultural milieu might actually extend to the world.It gives one pause to think.

This book could and probably should be included in the reading lists of courses in economics, cultural anthropology, history, sociology, and political science.It might be useful in high school classes that include any or all of these topics.FOR THOSE WRITING PAPERS: this book shows an intersting use of history, anthropology and archaeology as applied to modern day problems.One might find it profitable to: 1) contest the author's conclusions with your own ideas or with quotes from other authors, 2) agree with his conclusions and say why in your own experience you believe what he says, 3) compair his assumptions with someone more versed specifically in economics or sociology than the author is, 4) check his sources to see if you can find errors in his data or in his use of it or to suggest a different interpretation of the date or a different use of it , 5) write a paper on whether or not you believe that it is valid to use anthropological or historical data in this way. ... Read more

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Born near Sacramento, Aurora Hunt (1881-1965) attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where she developed a keen interest in the military history of the West. She later studied under prominent Western historian Henry E. Bolton, who encouraged her to write several outstanding books on southwestern history. The Arthur H. Clark Company published The Army of the Pacific as the first volume in its distinguished Frontier Military series. Hunt based her study largely on primary sources, particularly rare territorial newspapers. ... Read more

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Great info about the army of pacific
Not very exciting, but the big battles werent fought out West.Very good research.If your from the West and love civil war history this is a book for you. ... Read more

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Arthur G. Adams has nurtured a lifelong interest in the Hudson River and its surrounding region. He has spent much of his life exploring its highways, byways, waterways, and foot trails from the Atlantic Coastal inlets to the Catskill and Berkshire Mountain Peaks.

The Hudson Through the Years chironicles the history of the Hudson River region of New York State through five centuries, from its early inhabitants: its main Native American tribes and early Dutch and English settlers, through its current day residents. Tracing the history of the region from the American Revolution to the present, Adams incorporates the spread of industrialism, infrastructure, and trasnportation with tales of the early steamboats, ferries, horseboats, the Erie, Champlain, Iron and Anthracite canals, through the development of the trolleys, railroads, and automobiles. The book also includes details about the art and architecture of the region.

Included in the book are data about New York's governors, political administrations, U.S. presidents, and British sovereigns, ferry and train routes and schedules, maps and tables, and statistics for population growth over the last five centuries. Also included is a helpful selected bibliography. ... Read more

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A wonderful book
When you have a host of great scholars giving you the history of Florida, you know you are getting the latest-greatest research into Florida's past.I have enjoyed reading this book, learning the intricacies and details of how this state evolved to where it is today.

If you want to know the history of Florida, I don't think you'll find a better, more thorough book.And if you'd like to also read a great fictional account of "old Florida," I highly recommend "A Land Remembered," as it brings out the "Cracker" era of Florida in a wonderful way.

Well Integrated and Thoughtful
Gannon and the other writers offer a diverse but focused selection of monographs each focused on a specific area of Florida's history, culture, politics, and evolving demographics. This is a gold mine of information and insight on how and why Florida is the haven and destination for so many. From the Palioindians to the French, Spanish, English, and Americans of the past to today's retirees, Hispanics, Asians, and Europeans the call is still heard to come to the Sunshine State.
Consisting of 22 articles, each deals with a specific topic, time frame, and issue. All are written by academics although the footnoting is kept to a minimum. However, even with the differing writing styles Gannon has done a first rate job of editing to keep the narative flow of ideas consistent while minimizing repetition.
All-in-all this is an excellent overview of Florida - its history, development, evolution, and struggles!!

Great Primer on the History of Florida
The New History of Florida is a great read for those seeking more information about the history of Florida.The book is divided into twenty-two chapters each written by a different scholar in their field.There are bits of overlap in some of the chapters, making it a bit duplicitous, but not overly so.It does provide valuable insight on topics from the original inhabitants of the state, to becoming a US territory, to a brief modern history.This book doesn't tell the complete story of Florida, but it puts a lot of the pieces together.

New History of Florida
This book is easy to read for a history book. It has just the
right amount of information to make it useful, but not too much
extra "stuff" to turn you off.I have found it useful and
surprising interesting!.
Ruth Snyder

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This is an attempt at telling the true history of Florida.No groups are excluded because of race. ... Read more

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Until World War II, the Four Corners Region--where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona meet--was a collection of isolated rural towns. In the postwar baby boom era, however, small communities like Farmington, New Mexico, became bustling municipalities with rapidly expanding economies. In Quest for the Golden Circle, Art Gómez traces the development of the Four Corners' two industries, mining and tourism, to discover how each contributed to the economic and urban transformation of this region during the 1950s and 1960s.

Focusing on four cities--Durango, Colorado; Moab, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; and Farmington, New Mexico--Gómez chronicles how these towns played key roles in the West's dramatic postwar expansion. Cities such as Denver, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, and Salt Lake City all grew through use of the abundant petroleum, uranium, natural gas, timber, and other natural resources extracted from the Four Corners region.

But the energy boom in these towns was not to last. With the arrival of foreign oil bringing economic growth to a halt in the early 1970s, town leaders turned again to the land to stimulate their economy. This time, the resource was a seemingly inexhaustible one--tourism. Gómez examines how business-minded citizens marketed the area's scenic wonders and established the entire region as a tourist destination. Their efforts were further assisted by the selection of stunning federal lands--Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, and Arches National Parks--as treasures protected and promoted by the National Park Service.

Both mining and tourism, however, were beset by complex new problems and issues. Extensive highways, for instance, were planned to bisect a Navajo reservation. As Gómez illustrates, the growing cities in the Four Corners region felt tremendous competing pressures between outside business powers and local needs as their extractive economy boomed and busted and as they then struggled to attract tourism dollars. In addition, he highlights the prominent roles played by federal agencies like the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Park Service in shaping regional destiny.

An outstanding analysis of the complexities of postwar development, Quest for the Golden Circle successfully illuminates the history of one region within the larger story of the modern American West.

This book is part of the Development of Western Resources series. ... Read more