Grand Canyon
Subtitle: a history of a natural wonder and national park
By: Don Lago
Series: America's national parks
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Reno, Nevada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780874179903; 9780874179910
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (179-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: reverence and conquest; title: Geology: the land writes the human stories; title: Native Americans: the canyon as home; title: Explorers: the great unknown; title: Exploiters: the wild west canyon; title: Conservation: "Leave it as it is."; title: Culture: pioneers of perception; title: National park: if you build it; title: Architecture: buildings grown by the canyon itself; title: The environmental era: seeing nature from the inside; title: Adventure: the Mount Everest of river trips; title: Conclusion: the land was ours before we were the land's.