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Author: Ricky Tims
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Published: 2009-04-16
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1571205675
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Author: Ricky Tims
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Published: 2009-04-16
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1571205675
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Author: Philip VanderMeer
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2010-12-16
Total Pages: 617
ISBN-13: 0826348939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the nation’s fifth largest city. From the beginning, Phoenix sought to grow, and although growth has remained central to the city’s history, its importance, meaning, and value have changed substantially over the years. The initial vision of Phoenix as an American Eden gave way to the Cold War Era vision of a High Tech Suburbia, which in turn gave way to rising concerns in the late twentieth century about the environmental, social, and political costs of growth. To understand how such unusual growth occurred in such an improbable location, Philip VanderMeer explores five major themes: the natural environment, urban infrastructure, economic development, social and cultural values, and public leadership. Through investigating Phoenix’s struggle to become a major American metropolis, his study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.
Author: Antonio J. Olivera
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9780533105946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jack L. August, Jr.
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: 1999-02
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780875653105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in both the arid lands of Arizona and the political backdrop of Washington, D.C., Vision in the Desert documents the life and career of longtime Arizona senator, Carl Hayden. One of the most powerful figures in the United States Congress, Hayden's public service career, centered on water and its distribution, is inseparable from the history of the West and the development of arid lands. Carl Hayden became acquainted with reclamation and irrigation issues at an early age through his work with his father in Arizona's arid Salt River Valley. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1911, Hayden began a fifty-seven-year-long stint in the U.S. Congress, serving as a Democratic House Representative for fifteen years, and then in the Senate from 1927 until 1969. The issues of the development of the Colorado River occupied the majority of Hayden's congressional work. The authorization of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) in 1968, at the end of the senator's long career, highlights all of Hayden's efforts concerning this lifestream of the Southwest. Combining Hayden's childhood hopes and congressional endeavors, the CAP secured future economic and population growth of the West by making possible the distribution of water to the growing urban areas of Phoenix and Tucson.
Author: Bret Harte
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 654
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Published: 1887
Total Pages: 1042
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gregory J. Davenport
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2004-02-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 081174468X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK• Travel safely through extreme environments • Find water, dress for the environment, create a campsite, signal, and navigate in the desert • Series author Greg Davenport has appeared on ABC's Primetime Thursday and CBS's 48 Hours The techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in the desert are made more challenging by the intense sunlight, wide temperature range, sparse vegetation, and sandstorms, but Greg Davenport shares how to deal with the toughest conditions. Learn how to avoid insects and snakes. Photos and drawings illustrate gear and techniques necessary for survival in the rough and dangerous terrain.