Andrew Gulliford
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In The Woolly West, historian Andrew Gulliford describes the sheep industrys place in the history of Colorado and the American West. Tales of cowboys and cattlemen dominate western history-and even more so in popular culture. But in the competition for grazing lands, the sheep industry was as integral to the history of the American West as any trail drive.With vivid, elegant, and reflective prose, Gulliford explores the origins of sheep grazing in...
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©2000
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"Sacred Objects and Sacred Places combines native oral histories, photographs, drawings, and case studies to present current issues of cultural preservations vital to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Complete with commentaries by curators, native peoples, and archaeologists, this book discusses the repatriation of human remains, the curation and exhibition of sacred masks and medicine bundles, and key cultural compromises for...
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[2022]
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Introduction: Bears Ears and a Deep Map of Place
1. Hunter- Gatherers and Deep Time
2. From Basketmakers to Ancestral Puebloans, AD 50-1150
3. Into the Cliffs, 1150-1300
4. Navajos, Utes, and Canyon Exploration, 1300-1859
5. "The Fearing Time" and MappingAncient America, 1860-1875
6. "We Thank Thee, Oh God"
7. Cowboy Archaeology , a Lady Botanist, a Failed Indian Reservation, andthe Antiquities Act, 1891-1906
8. The US Forest Service , Natural Bridges,...
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�1983.
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"Being a brief and well-illustrated account of the merchants, miners, farmers, traders, cowboys, ranchers, and all such pioneers who settled in this country and made it their home... With additional descriptions of Indians, Presidents, train robbers, horse thieves, town developers, and other persons."
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[2014]
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More college students than ever are majoring in Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Education, or Adventure Education, but fewer and fewer Americans spend any time in thoughtful, respectful engagement with wilderness. While many young people may think of adrenaline-laced extreme sports as prime outdoor activities, with Outdoors in the Southwest, Gulliford seeks to promote appreciation for and discussion of the wild landscapes where those sports are played....
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©2005
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"Preserving Western History is the first college reader to address public history in the American West. These comprehensive essays explain the research and work that public historians do and the complicated issues of historic site preservation and interpretation." "The contributors' writings document the application of public history to specific Western themes, places, and personalities. Subjects range from the Little Bighorn Battlefield to Route...
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[2017]
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"Published in 1929, a historical account of wolf extermination and what were believed to be the last wolves in Colorado. Almost a century later, much has been learned about predator ecology. Original text is accompanied by history of eradication with chapters by biologists, environmentalists, and reintroduction activists"--
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[2016]
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To those who once walked these fins of sandstone, the landscape was alive with meaning and metaphor in a fourth-dimension--a collective vision of a landscape deeply connected to their culture, senses, and their landscape. Writer Jonathan Bailey brings back layers of dimension to archaeological sites in Utah and Arizona's canyon country by highlighting the significance of seeing beyond the second dimension--that which is carved on the rock face itself--to...
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[2017]
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"Published in 1929, a historical account of wolf extermination and what were believed to be the last wolves in Colorado. Almost a century later, much has been learned about predator ecology. Original text is accompanied by history of eradication with chapters by biologists, environmentalists, and reintroduction activists"--