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Colorado Powder Keg : Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement / Michael W. Childers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Childers, Michael W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skis and skiing--Economic aspects--Colorado.
- Skis and skiing.
- Skis and skiing--Environmental aspects--Colorado.
- Ski resorts--Environmental aspects--Colorado.
- Ski resorts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first environmental history of skiing in Colorado. Traces the recreation's rise in popularity as a way of examining major changes in public land management in the American West during the last century. Shows how what started as an innocent leisurely pursuit has morphed into a multi-billion dollar business that forever changed the landscape of Colorado and brought with it serious environmental consequences.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700623594
- 0700623590
- OCLC:
- 966847531
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