Author: Jean Cutler PriorPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587291951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Landforms of Iowa
Author: Jean Cutler PriorPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587291951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Atlas of Iowa
Author: Robert C. ShepardPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609389603
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From Iowa Territory’s nail-bitingly close referenda for statehood to the rise and subsequent erasure of German language media, Atlas of Iowa examines the state’s geography, demographics, agriculture, and political/cultural patterns. Drawing upon archival materials and synthesizing little-known secondary sources, the authors of this thematic atlas have pulled together a comprehensive map series that depicts Iowa’s complex, unique story of challenging human-environmental interaction. The narrative themes are conveyed both verbally and visually, allowing many of the state’s cultural debates to come alive. From Iowa’s rise to becoming a national leader in aspects of higher education and green energy development to its oft-critiqued social fabric, Atlas of Iowa reveals the rich, complicated, and diverse heritage of the Hawkeye State.
Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer
Author: DelormePublisher: Delorme Mapping Company
ISBN: 9781946494009
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
With an incredible wealth of detail, DeLorme's Atlas & Gazetteer is the perfect companion for exploring the Iowa outdoors. Extensively indexed, full-color topographic maps provide information on everything from cities and towns to historic sites, scenic drives, trailheads, boat ramps and even prime fishing spots. With a total of 51 map pages, the Atlas & Gazetteer is your most comprehensive navigational guide to Iowa's backcountry. Full-color topographic maps provide information on everything from cities and towns to historic sites, scenic drives, recreation areas, trailheads, boat ramps and prime fishing spots. Extensively indexed. Handy latitude/longitude overlay grid for each map allows you to navigate with GPS. Inset maps provided for major cities as well as all state lands. Product Details: Iowa State - Map of Iowa Dimensions: 15.5" x 11". AVAILABLE FOR ALL 50 STATES
Iowa's Geological Past
Author: Wayne I. AndersonPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587292675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Iowa's rock record is the product of more than three billion years of geological processes. The state endured multiple episodes of continental glaciation during the Pleistocene Ice Age, and the last glacier retreated from Iowa a mere (geologically speaking) twelve thousand years ago. Prior to that, dozens of seas came and went, leaving behind limestone beds with rich fossil records. Lush coal swamps, salty lagoons, briny basins, enormous alluvial plains, ancient rifts, and rugged Precambrian mountain belts all left their mark. In "Iowa's Geological Past, " Wayne Anderson gives us an up-to-date and well-informed account of the state's vast geological history from the Precambrian through the end of the Great Ice Age. Anderson takes us on a journey backward into time to explore Iowa's rock-and-sediment record. In the distant past, prehistoric Iowa was covered with shallow seas; coniferous forests flourished in areas beyond the continental glaciers; and a wide variety of animals existed, including mastodon, mammoth, musk ox, giant beaver, camel, and giant sloth. The presence of humans can be traced back to the Paleo-Indian interval, 9,500 to 7,500 years ago. Iowa in Paleozoic time experienced numerous coastal plain and shallow marine environments. Early in the Precambrian, Iowa was part of ancient mountain belts in which granite and other rocks were formed well below the earth's surface. The hills and valleys of the Hawkeye State are not everlasting when viewed from the perspective of geologic time. Overall, Iowa's geologic column records an extraordinary transformation over more than three billion years. Wayne Anderson's profusely illustrated volume provides a comprehensive and accessible survey of the state's remarkable geological past.
Mapping the Invisible Landscape
Author: Kent C. RydenPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587292088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Any landscape has an unseen component: a subjective component of experience, memory, and narrative which people familiar with the place understand to be an integral part of its geography but which outsiders may not suspect the existence ofOCounless they listen and read carefully. This invisible landscape is make visible though stories, and these stories are the focus of this engrossing book. Traveling across the invisible landscape in which we imaginatively dwell, Kent RydenOCohimself a most careful listener and readerOCoasks the following questions. What categories of meaning do we read into our surroundings? What forms of expression serve as the most reliable maps to understanding those meanings? Our sense of any place, he argues, consists of a deeply ingrained experiential knowledge of its physical makeup; an awareness of its communal and personal history; a sense of our identity as being inextricably bound up with its events and ways of life; and an emotional reaction, positive or negative, to its meanings and memories. Ryden demonstrates that both folk and literary narratives about place bear a striking thematic and stylistic resemblance. Accordingly, "Mapping the Invisible Landscape" examines both kinds of narratives. For his oral materials, Ryden provides an in-depth analysis of narratives collected in the Coeur d'Alene mining district in the Idaho panhandle; for his consideration of written works, he explores the OC essay of place, OCO the personal essay which takes as its subject a particular place and a writer's relationship to that place. Drawing on methods and materials from geography, folklore, and literature, "Mapping the Invisible Landscape" offers a broadly interdisciplinary analysis of the way we situate ourselves imaginatively in the landscape, the way we inscribe its surface with stories. Written in an extremely engaging style, this book will lead its readers to an awareness of the vital role that a sense of place plays in the formation of local cultures, to an understanding of the many-layered ways in which place interacts with individual lives, and to renewed appreciation of the places in their own lives and landscapes."
Buildings of Iowa
Author: David GebhardPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195093780
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examining such structures as octagonal houses, log cabins, Baeux-Arts courthouses, grain elevators, Art Deco service stations, public buildings, motion picture theaters, and more, this volume surveys the full array of Iowa's architectural styles on a town-by-town basis, from the earliest Native American influences to the present. 367 photos; 51 maps.
Mapping American Culture
Author: Wayne FranklinPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587290749
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Last of the Mohicans
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A Geography of Iowa
Author: Herman L. NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Encyclopedia of World Geography
Author: R. W. McCollPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816072299
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive guide to the geography of the world, with world maps and articles on cartography, notable explorers, climate and more.