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GRAND CANYON History Geology Ecology 8 Books Inverted Mountains Story of Man
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Check out the description for details, and don't forget to look at the photos!”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Revised
- ISBN
- 9780140280562
- Book Title
- How the Canyon Became Grand : a Short History
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Travel, Science, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Natural History, Parks & Campgrounds, Expeditions & Discoveries
- Item Weight
- 7.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140280561
ISBN-13
9780140280562
eBay Product ID (ePID)
704383
Product Key Features
Book Title
How the Canyon Became Grand : a Short History
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Natural History, Parks & Campgrounds, Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Science, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
979.1/32
Grade To
UP
Table Of Content
Overlook: The View from Dutton Point Two New Worlds Canyon, Found and Lost Second Age, Second Chance Convergence Rim and River Lonely and Majestic Way: Big Cañon Into the Great Unknown: Grand Canyon Against the Currents: Return to Big Cañon A Great Innovation: Grand Ensemble Leave It as It Is: One of the Great Sights Canyon and Cosmos Modernism Moves On: The Populist Canyon Down the River and Back from the Brink: The Environmentalist Canyon Afterword: A Review from Point Sublime Appendix: The Grand Canyon: A Graphical Profile Notes Sources and Further Readings Index
Synopsis
Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian Stephen Pyne examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from John Wesley Powell to Wallace Stegner, and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself., Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon- the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian Stephen Pyne examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from John Wesley Powell to Wallace Stegner , and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself.
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