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Grand Canyon : a history of a natural wonder and national park / Don Lago.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: America's national parksPublication details: Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, © 2015.Description: X, 202 strony : ilustracje ; 23 cmContent type:
  • Tekst
Media type:
  • Bez urządzenia pośredniczącego
Carrier type:
  • Wolumin
ISBN:
  • 9780874179903
Contents:
Introduction: reverence and conquest -- Geology: the land writes the human stories -- Native Americans: the canyon as home -- Explorers: the great unknown -- Exploiters: the wild west canyon -- Conservation: "Leave it as it is." -- Culture: pioneers of perception -- National park: if you build it ... -- Architecture: buildings grown by the canyon itself -- The environmental era: seeing nature from the inside -- Adventure: the Mount Everest of river trips -- Conclusion: the land was ours before we were the land's.
Item type: KSIĄŻKA
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Bibliografia na stronach 179-186). Indeks.

Introduction: reverence and conquest -- Geology: the land writes the human stories -- Native Americans: the canyon as home -- Explorers: the great unknown -- Exploiters: the wild west canyon -- Conservation: "Leave it as it is." -- Culture: pioneers of perception -- National park: if you build it ... -- Architecture: buildings grown by the canyon itself -- The environmental era: seeing nature from the inside -- Adventure: the Mount Everest of river trips -- Conclusion: the land was ours before we were the land's.

Lago, Don