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River Flowing From The Sunrise An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan / James M. Aton, Robert S. McPherson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aton, James M., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology--San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah)--History.
- Human ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah).
- Nature.
- San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah)--Environmental conditions.
- San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan : Utah State University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction Twelve Millennia on the San Juan; I Prehistory: From Clovis Hunters to Corn Farmers; II Navajos, Paiutes, and Utes: Views of a Sacred Land; III Exploration and Science: Defining Terra Incognita; IV Livestock: Cows, Feed, and Floods; V Agriculture: Ditches, Droughts, and Disasters; VI City Building: Farming the Triad; VII Mining: Black and Yellow Gold in Redrock Country; VIII The Federal Government: Dams, Tamarisk, and Pikeminnows; IX San Juan of the Imagination: Local and National Values
- EPILOGUE Visions: Flowing from the Sunrise or a Water Spigot?Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1980211) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780874213973
- 0874213975
- 9780874214031
- 0874214033
- OCLC:
- 476175501
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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