The Encyclopedia of Arizona
Author: Somerset Publishers
Publisher:
Published: 2014-08-27
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780403094011
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Encyclopedia of Arizona
Author: Nancy Capace
Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 0403098467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of Arizona contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.
Arizona
Author: Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780816515158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas E. Sheridan has spent a lifetime in Arizona, "living off it and seeking refuge from it." He knows firsthand its canyons, forests, and deserts; he has seen its cities exploding with new growth; and, like many other people, he sometimes fears for its future. In this book, Sheridan sets forth new ideas about what a history should be. Arizona: A History explores the ways in which Native Americans, Hispanics, and Anglos have inhabited and exploited Arizona from the pursuit of the Naco mammoth 11,000 years ago to the financial adventurism of Charles Keating and others today. It also examines how perceptions of Arizona have changed, creating new constituencies of tourists, environmentalists, and outside business interests to challenge the dominance of ranchers, mining companies, and farmers who used to control the state. Sheridan emphasizes the crucial role of the federal government in Arizona's development throughout the book. As Sheridan writes about the past, his eyes are on the inevitable change and compromise of the present and future. He balances the gains and losses as global forces interact more and more with local cultural and environmental factors.
Arizona Place Names
Author: Will Croft Barnes
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2016-10-01
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 0816534950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWill Croft Barnes (1858–1937) first came to Arizona as a cavalryman and went on to become a rancher, state legislator, and conservationist. From 1905 to 1935, his travels throughout the state, largely on horseback, enabled him to gather the anecdotes and geographical information that came to constitute Arizona Place Names. For this first toponymic encyclopedia of Arizona, Barnes compiled information from published histories, federal and state government documents, and reminiscences of "old timers, Indians, Mexicans, cowboys, sheep-herders, historians, any and everybody who had a story to tell as to the origin and meaning of Arizona names." The result is a book chock full of oddments, humor, and now-forgotten lore, which belongs on the night table as well as in the glove compartment. Barnes' original Arizona Place Names has become a booklover's favorite and is much in demand. The University of Arizona Press is pleased to reissue this classic of Arizoniana, which remains as useful and timeless as it was more than half a century ago.
The History of Arizona
Author: Sidney Randolph De Long
Publisher:
Published: 1905
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the settlement of the Arizona territory by the United States, from the Gadsden Purchase until the early 20th century, with descriptions of the geographies and economies of each county.
Arizona
Author: Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 0816599548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHailed as a model state history thanks to Thomas E. Sheridan's thoughtful analysis and lively interpretation of the people and events shaping the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has become a standard in the field. Now, just in time for Arizona's centennial, Sheridan has revised and expanded this already top-tier state history to incorporate events and changes that have taken place in recent years. Addressing contemporary issues like land use, water rights, dramatic population increases, suburban sprawl, and the US-Mexico border, the new material makes the book more essential than ever. It successfully places the forty-eighth state's history within the context of national and global events. No other book on Arizona history is as integrative or comprehensive. From stone spear points more than 10,000 years old to the boom and bust of the housing market in the first decade of this century, Arizona: A History explores the ways in which Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Anglos have inhabited and exploited Arizona. Sheridan, a life-long resident of the state, puts forth new ideas about what a history should be, embracing a holistic view of the region and shattering the artificial line between prehistory and history. Other works on Arizona's history focus on government, business, or natural resources, but this is the only book to meld the ethnic and cultural complexities of the state's history into the main flow of the story. A must read for anyone interested in Arizona's past or present, this extensive revision of the classic work will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers alike.
History of Arizona
Author: Thomas Edwin Farish
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory of Arizona beginning with the Spanish explorations, connection with the Santa Fe Trail, transition of control from Mexico to United States, American-Indian relations, settlement, and statehood.
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Author: Steven J. Phillips
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780520219809
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Morphologic Encyclopedia of Palynology
Author: Gerhard Kremp
Publisher: Century Collection
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780816540235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis encyclopedia is designed to serve scholars in palynology as a standard text in questions concerning spore morphology and as a source of information for understanding the descriptive literature in palynology. Of particular value to petroleum geologists as well as to palynologists and plant scientists.
Sonoran Desert Plants
Author: Raymond M. Turner
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2005-08
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780816525195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sonoran Desert, a fragile ecosystem, is under ever-increasing pressure from a burgeoning human population. This ecological atlas of the region's plants, a greatly enlarged and full revised version of the original 1972 atlas, will be an invaluable resource for plant ecologists, botanists, geographers, and other scientists, and for all with a serious interest in living with and protecting a unique natural southwestern heritage. An encyclopedia as well as an atlas, this monumental work describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants, most of them common and characteristic trees, shrubs, or succulants. Also included is valuable information on natural history and ethnobotanical, commercial, and horticultural uses of these plants. The entry for each species includes a range map, an elevational profile, and a narrative account. The authors also include an extensive bibliography, referring the reader to the latest research and numerous references of historical importance, with a glossary to aid the general reader. Sonoran Desert Plants is a monumental work, unlikely to be superseded in the next generation. As the region continues to attract more people, there will be an increasingly urgent need for basic knowledge of plant species as a guide for creative and sustainable habitation of the area. This book will stand as a landmark resource for many years to come.
