Mesa Verde National Park
Shadows of the Centuries
Originally published in 1988, Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the south-western corner of Colorado. Duane A. Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 discovery of the cliff dwellings and other Anasazi ruins and the ensuing twenty-year campaign to preserve them. Smith also details the resulting creation of a national park in 1906 and assesses the impact of more recent developments -- railroads and highways, air pollution, and the growing significance of tourism -- on the park's financial and ecological vitality. This revised a…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-87081-684-0
- EAN: 9780870816840
- Produktnummer: 9853591
- Verlag: University Press of Colorado
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 275 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.5 cm 340 g
- Auflage: Revised edition
- Abbildungen: 63 b/w photos
- Gewicht: 340
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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