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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"American West"”.
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Aerial Empire: contested sovereignties and the American West
… United States’ colonization of the intermountain west. By focusing on environmental management and federal-Indian policy, it shows how claiming and regulating air as a natural resource both supported and subverted the nation’s control over the region in the twentieth century. A combination of …
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Re-Framing the American West: Contemporary Artists Engage History
… and otherwise engage directly with art of the American Frontier from 1820-1920. The revision of the historic images calls attention to the myth and ideologies imbedded in the imagery. Likewise, these contemporary images are essentially a framing of western imagery informed by a system of values …
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The Tradition of Microtonal Guitar on the American West Coast
… States has a significant connection with the American West Coast. Influential microtonal musicians and theorists originated on the West Coast or passed through California, subsequently inspiring future generations of composers to work outside of twelve-tone equal temperament (12tet). This …
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Mystics, Radicals, Sinners, and Saints: Freedom, Rebirth, and the American West
… and the Taos hippies who journeyed to the American West in search of freedom. In the Western setting, with its diverse yet distinctive and stunning terrain, these individuals felt that their mind or soul—not just their physical body—had been liberated. They felt reborn. In the grand …
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Owen Wister and the American West: A Biographical and Critical Study
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T20:52:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5904584.pdf: 29306796 bytes, checksum: d2db65b58c0f16f974c5282d076289e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1959
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Visionaries of the American West : Mari Sandoz and Her Four Plains Protagonists
… national reviews and careful scrutiny from western critics and historians, and recently from feminists, critical recognition has generally eluded Sandoz.. <em>[Introduction p.1]</em></p>
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Chinese Gaming in the Nineteenth-Century American West: An Ethnic and Cultural Reassessment.
Re-analysis of archaeological museum collections can offer valuable insights into the significance of Chinese gaming in understanding Chinese ethnic identity in Nevada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Utilizing archaeological material from four Northern Nevada sites (Lovelock …
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Hippies in the Park: Yosemite and the Counterculture in the Sixties American West
… is little different than a small town. The American West is defined by wilderness but dominated by cities. Yosemite Valley, the park's population center, exemplifies the tension between the two. My research examines this ideological conflict through the lens of youth counterculture. Like …
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The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West
Historians of the American West have long identified the federal government's important role in shaping the region's physical and social landscapes, especially concerning water development. The Bureau of Reclamation, which built most of the West's major dams and water projects, traces its origins …
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The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West
Historians of the American West have long identified the federal government's important role in shaping the region's physical and social landscapes, especially concerning water development. The Bureau of Reclamation, which built most of the West's major dams and water projects, traces its origins …
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Addressing agricultural salinity in the American West : harnessing behavioral diversity to institutional design
… to large salinity-threatened basins across the western United States. The ArkAgent model provides an example of how we can use collaborative systems modeling and empirically-based behavioral assumptions to develop more robust institutions for sustainability.
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High Sierra Lost and Found: The Origins of Alpine Skisport in the American West
… and evolution of modern alpine skiing in the American West, focusing on the Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush era. Following the introduction of wooden skis by Norwegian immigrants working on mines in Plumas and Sierra Counties, skiing quickly transitioned from a utilitarian mode of winter …
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WRITING NEXT TO THE WEST: A SPATIAL CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST
… Judy Blunt are contemporary women writers of the American West. Both women grew up on ranches in Montana but left in adulthood. Despite leaving, each woman maintains significant intellectual and emotional connections to the land and culture of her youth in her writing. Blew's memoir All But the …
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WRITING NEXT TO THE WEST: A SPATIAL CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST
… Judy Blunt are contemporary women writers of the American West. Both women grew up on ranches in Montana but left in adulthood. Despite leaving, each woman maintains significant intellectual and emotional connections to the land and culture of her youth in her writing. Blew's memoir All But the …
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The Sand Creek Massacre and the History of Greater Reconstruction in the American West
… North vs. South story. Nevertheless, the era of western expansion, a central theme throughout the nineteenth century, has no contingent place within this traditional narrative. Meanwhile, the history of the American West and its diverse peoples appears in many textbooks as an unrelated albeit …
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Sermons in Stones: Mormon Chosenness and the Politics of Land in the American West
<p>This study explores the intersection of religion, land use, and political resistance in Latter-day Saint culture, arguing that Mormon land ethics are shaped by a ritualized process I term the “Cycle of Chosenness.” Through historical and ethnographic analysis, I trace how collective memory of …
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"Black Cowboys: Self-Sufficiency in the American West through the ideology of Booker T. Washington"
<p>Despite the black cowboy's considerable achievement, the history of their lives remains largely uncovered. Most historiographies present a sympathetic picture, but what is missing is the voice of the black cowboys. Using the views and ideologies of Booker T. Washington, black cowboys were able …
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Growth management strategies in the American west : a case study of intergovernmental cooperation in Colorado
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Examining the Influence of Landscape on Natural Resource Management in the American West: A Geospatial Approach
… optimal population control of wild horses in the American West across two spatial scales. Removal and fertility control scenarios were simulated and compared in terms of economic benefits and characteristics of the optimal population and management time-paths. The benefits of removal-only …
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Between a rock and a hard place: the chemistry, biology, and lability of glacial meltwaters in the American West
… lakes and streams across all regions of the American West. The resulting changes in volume, timing, and chemistry of meltwater discharged by these features appears to be having significant effects on the adjacent alpine headwater ecosystems they feed. Whereas both glaciers and rock glaciers …
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