The American Southwest and Mesoamerica

The American Southwest and Mesoamerica
Title The American Southwest and Mesoamerica PDF eBook
Author Jonathon E. Ericson
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 328
Release 1993-01-31
Genre History
ISBN 9780306441783

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This is the only available volume to summarize current knowledge of prehistoric regional exchange in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica. As such, anthropologists and archaeologists will find it a valuable source of important data for comparative analysis of regional systems relative to sociopolitical organization.

Preserving the Desert

Preserving the Desert
Title Preserving the Desert PDF eBook
Author Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre Desert conservation
ISBN 9781938086465

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National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--fell short of that goal in American eyes until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change that perception. As the Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still carried the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, with the area later expanded in 1994 when it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936, the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that any desert is suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. To their dismay, Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing

Factories in the Field

Factories in the Field
Title Factories in the Field PDF eBook
Author Carey McWilliams
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 365
Release 2000-04-15
Genre History
ISBN 0520925181

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This book was the first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field—together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck—dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry—Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians—the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions

Utah Wilderness Inventory

Utah Wilderness Inventory
Title Utah Wilderness Inventory PDF eBook
Author United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher
Pages 328
Release 1999
Genre Land use
ISBN

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Preservation Plan

Preservation Plan
Title Preservation Plan PDF eBook
Author Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.)
Publisher
Pages 92
Release 1980
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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... An 8 year plan to preserve Lowell's historic and cultural resources in order to tell the story of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century; included in the plan are mills, institutions, residences, commercial buildings and canals; describes the areas covered; discusses preservation standards, public improvements, financing, related programs, etc.; provides architectural information, dates of construction, history, plans for building reuse, etc. of specific structures in the Lowell National Historic Park and Lowell Heritage State Park ...

The Fingerprint

The Fingerprint
Title The Fingerprint PDF eBook
Author U. S. Department Justice
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages 0
Release 2014-08-02
Genre
ISBN 9781500674151

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The idea of The Fingerprint Sourcebook originated during a meeting in April 2002. Individuals representing the fingerprint, academic, and scientific communities met in Chicago, Illinois, for a day and a half to discuss the state of fingerprint identification with a view toward the challenges raised by Daubert issues. The meeting was a joint project between the International Association for Identification (IAI) and West Virginia University (WVU). One recommendation that came out of that meeting was a suggestion to create a sourcebook for friction ridge examiners, that is, a single source of researched information regarding the subject. This sourcebook would provide educational, training, and research information for the international scientific community.

Indians of the Upper Texas Coast

Indians of the Upper Texas Coast
Title Indians of the Upper Texas Coast PDF eBook
Author Lawrence E. Aten
Publisher
Pages 408
Release 1983
Genre History
ISBN

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