This Contested Land

This Contested Land

The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments

Long, McKenzie

University of Minnesota Press

05/2024

392

Mole

Inglês

9781517915360

15 a 20 dias

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Closer Look

National Monuments Visited in This Book

Part 1 - Rock

1. The Heart of Bears Ears: Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

2. The Conflict of Dreams: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine

3. The Meaning of Monuments: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, California

Part 2 - Rift

4. Seeing: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon and California

5. Digging: Castle Mountains National Monument, California

6. Shifting: Sand to Snow National Monument, California

7. Expanding: Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii

8. Layering: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Part 3 - Ripple

9. On Sharing: Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico

10. On Reactions: Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington

11. On Walls: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico

12. On Patterns: Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada

13. On Possession: Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Epilogue: Looking Forward

American Antiquities Act of 1906

List of Presidential Monument Proclamations

Selected Resources

Index
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national monuments; national parks; public land; environment; nature; recreation; rock climbing; landscape; preservation; conservation; Bears Ears; Grand Staircase-Escalante; Katahdin Woods; Waters National Monument; Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument; Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument; Castle Mountains; Sand to Snow; Papahanaumokuakea; Rio Grande del Norte; Hanford Reach; Organ Mountains; Desert Peaks; Basin and Range; Gold Butte; Antiquities Act; pueblo cliff dwellings; slot canyons; petroglyphs; Indigenous history; Indigenous rights; climate change; backcountry skiing; backpacking; Yucca Mountain; wildfire