River Flowing From The Sunrise An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan

• Autor principal: Aton, James M (auth)
• Outros Autores: McPherson, Robert (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: University Press of Colorado 2000
• Assuntos: History of the Americas; Natural history; Conservation of the environment; Biological Sciences; Environmental Science; History
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from...