Brave new West
Subtitle: morphing Moab at the speed of greed
By: Jim Stiles.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780816524747
Subjects: Moab (Utah) -- Economic conditions; Tourism -- Economic aspects -- Utah -- Moab; Rural development -- Environmental aspects -- Utah -- Moab; Rural development -- Social aspects -- Utah -- Moab; Social change -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Table of contents: title: Return to Moab, 2040 A.D; title: You can't get here from there anymore; title: Abbey's decade; title: Moab at a crossroads; title: Transformations; title: Warnings and premonitions; title: Biker insanitaire; title: What hath God wrought?; title: Tourists in the vortex; title: The greening of wilderness; title: Going to extremes; title: The amenities boom and meltdown; title: Optimistic aspects of outrage and dissent; title: Finally, the naked West comes to Moab; title: "Something entirely different"; title: Return to Moab; title: The golden light.