| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages) : 12 color + 52 b-w illustrations |
| Series |
The Lamar Series in Western History |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ácoma -- 2. Canyon de Chelly -- 3. Carlsbad Caverns -- 4. Casa Grande -- 5. Chaco Canyon -- 6. El Morro/Inscription Rock -- 7. Grand Canyon -- 8. Mesa Verde -- 9. The Mohave Villages -- 10. Rainbow Bridge -- 11. Santa Fe -- 12. San Xavier del Bac -- 13. Taos Valley -- 14. Tucson -- 15. Zuni -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Credits |
| Summary |
A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System-including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde-to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors' skillful evocation of the region's sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020) |
| Subject |
Travel -- United States
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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Travel.
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| SUBJECT |
Southwestern States -- Description and travel
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| Subject |
United States.
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United States -- Southwestern States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DeBuys, William, author
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| ISBN |
9780300231755 |
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030023175X |
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