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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Death Valley Scotty Historic District, Main House and Annex
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Historic Structure Report
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Death Valley National Park
Author: Hal RothmanPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874179262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
The first comprehensive study of the park, past and present, Death Valley National Park probes the environmental and human history of this most astonishing desert. Established as a national monument in 1933, Death Valley was an anomaly within the national park system. Though many who knew this landscape were convinced that its stark beauty should be preserved, to do so required a reconceptualization of what a park consists of, grassroots and national support for its creation, and a long and difficult political struggle to secure congressional sanction. This history begins with a discussion of the physical setting, its geography and geology, and descriptions of the Timbisha, the first peoples to inhabit this tough and dangerous landscape. In the 19th-century and early 20th century, new arrivals came to exploit the mineral resources in the region and develop permanent agricultural and resort settlements. Although Death Valley was established as a National Monument in 1933, fear of the harsh desert precluded widespread acceptance by both the visiting public and its own administrative agency. As a result, Death Valley lacked both support and resources. This volume details the many debates over the park’s size, conflicts between miners, farmers, the military, and wilderness advocates, the treatment of the Timbisha, and the impact of tourists on its cultural and natural resources. In time, Death Valley came to be seen as one of the great natural wonders of the United States, and was elevated to full national park status in 1994. The history of Death Valley National Park embodies the many tensions confronting American environmentalism.
A History of the Lands Added to Death Valley National Monument by the California Desert Protection Act of 1994
Author: Harlan D. UnrauPublisher:
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Category : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Powering the Dream
Author: Alexis MadrigalPublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306819775
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Few today realize that electric cabs dominated Manhattan's streets in the 1890s; that Boise, Idaho, had a geothermal heating system in 1910; or that the first megawatt turbine in the world was built in 1941 by the son of publishing magnate G. P. Putnam -- a feat that would not be duplicated for another forty years. Likewise, while many remember the oil embargo of the 1970s, few are aware that it led to a corresponding explosion in green-technology research that was only derailed when energy prices later dropped. In other words: We've been here before. Although we may have failed, America has had the chance to put our world on a more sustainable path. Americans have, in fact, been inventing green for more than a century. Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the brilliant, often irascible inventors who foresaw our current problems, tried to invent cheap and energy renewable solutions, and drew the blueprint for a green future.
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2018: Supplemental oversight, U.S. Forest Service; Supplemental oversight, Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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