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Cacti Of Arizona

by Lyman Benson

46,38€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"For persons with a special interest in succulents, and cacti in particular, this book is a must. Others will find the volume of value not only as a means of naming these highly specialized plants but as a source of information on the structure and distribution of the various species."—<i>American Scientist</i><br> <br> "Of tremendous value to the professional botanist and ecologist, and with layman English and careful instructions, the work provides the amateur botanist insight into a fascinating family."—<i>Garden Journal</i><br> <br> "For the general desert lover as well as the botanist."—<i>Books of the Southwest</i><br> <br> <br> </div> </div>
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Vertebrates Of Arizona - With Major Section On Arizona Habitats

42,40€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"This compact book summarizes the distribution of all of the Recent species of vertebrates of Arizona. The introductory Part 1, "Arizona landscapes and habitats," by Lowe, is an instructive and detailed ecological discussion of the diversified topography, climate, and flora of the state, illustrated with numerous excellent photographs."—<i>The Auk</i><br> <br> "An impressive volume . . . a valuable reference for professional biologists, students, and others interested in the native fauna of Arizona and its distribution there."—<i>Science</i></div> </div>
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Ecology Of Sonoran Desert Plants And Plant Communities

49,03€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div><b>The Sonoran Desert</b> is a distinctive biotic region that fascinates scientist, students, and nature lovers. This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology. Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists such as Paul Martin and Richard Felger provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organismal scales.<br> <br> The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903. Coverage includes diversity and affinities of the flora, physical environments and vegetation, landscape complexity and ecological diversity, population dynamics of annual plants, form and function of cacti, and the relationship between plants and the animals that use them as feeding and breeding resources. The text also examines the ecological consequences of modern agricultural development, as well as the impact on the modern biota of 40,000 years of change in climate, vegetation, megafauna, and ancient cultures.<br> <br> This comprehensive book covers a broad range of spatial and temporal scales to highlight the diversity of research being pursued in the Sonoran Desert. It is both a testament to these ongoing studies and an authoritative introduction to the diverse plant life in the region.<br> <div><b>Contents</b><br> <br> 1. Diversity and Affinities of the Flora of the Sonoran Floristic Province, Steven P. McLaughlin and Janice E. Bowers<br> 2. Vegetation and Habitat Diversity at the Southern Edge of the Sonoran Desert, Alberto Bórquez, Angelina Martínez Yrízar, Richard S. Felger, and David Yetman</div> <div>3. The Sonoran Desert: Landscape Complexity and Ecological Diversity, Joseph R. McAuliffe<br> 4. Population Ecology of Sonoran Desert Annual Plants, D. Lawrence Venable and Catherine E. Pake<br> 5. Form and Function of Cacti, Park S. Nobel and Michael E. Loik<br> 6. Ecological Genetics of Cactophilic Drosophila, William J. Etges, W. R. Johnson, G. A. Duncan, G. Huckins, and W. B. Heed<br> 7. Ecological Consequences of Agricultural Development in a Sonoran Desert Valley, Laura L. Jackson and Patricia W. Comus<br> 8. Deep History and a Wilder West, Paul S. Martin</div> </div> </div>
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Ecology Of Desert Communities

62,28€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"Provides interesting and thought-provoking reading and is highly recommended to anyone interested in desert ecosystems or community ecology. The book . . . should serve as an inspiration to many for future research."—<i>Journal of Biogeography</i><br> <br> "This book is not just about deserts; it is an update of the contributions that research in desert systems is making to community ecology. . . This book will provide a useful reference for desert ecologists, as well as indicate critical directions where progress needs to be made."—<i>Ecology</i><br> <br> "This important book fills a significant gap in previous syntheses by presenting a detailed series of reviews of current understanding of community patterns and structure in desert environments. . . . Each chapter is thorough and well written and . . . closes with a discussion of suggested future research. . . . [T]hese ideas will do much to focus interest on the importance of desert systems in understanding community. Thus, this book has interest well beyond desert ecologists alone."—<i>BioScience</i><br> <br> "Valuable reading and reference for ecology students, teachers and researchers."—<i>Quarterly Review of Biology</i><br> <br> <br> <br> </div> </div>
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Friar Bringas Reports To The King - Methods Of Indoctrination On The Frontier Of New Spain, 1796-97

29,08€ + 10% CARD

 When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796-97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain's support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino's day. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references.
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Arizona Chronology - The Territorial Years, 1846-1912

by Douglas D. Martin

22,46€ + 10% CARD

 <div><i>An Arizona Chronology: The Territorial Years</i> contains the first sheaves of a newspaperman''s gleaning of history from the crisp, yellowing abundance of old newspapers and other Arizona archives.<br> <br> Who better to choose news items giving a key to the times than Douglas D. Martin, who first set newspaper type when he was 15, filled news and magazine columns and book pages galore, and today at 75 is still writing for print? He knows newspapers from the composing room to the editor''s desk—<i>Detroit Free Press</i>—not excepting reportorial beats, having received the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on his own.</div>
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American Labor In The Southwest - The First One Hundred Years

49,03€ + 10% CARD

 A collection of outstanding contributions on... The Western Federation of Miners James C. Foster, D. H. Dinwoodie The Industrial Workers of the World Earl Bruce White, James Byrkit The Rise of Unionized Farm Workers H. L. Mitchell, Edward D. Beechert, Art Carstens Mexican Labor, North and South of the Border John M. Hart, Rodney Anderson, David Maciel Labor and Politics Paul Mandel, George N. Green, Charles O. Rice
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Rudo Ensayo - A Description Of Sonora And Arizona In 1764

by Juan Nentvig

35,78€ + 10% CARD

 Just as the Rudo Ensayo is more an historic document than a mere history, so this new translation of it is more a documented interpretation than simply a new translation. The translator/editors bring their expert knowledge of the area, the language, and the history to every page of Nentvig's manuscript.
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John Spring'S Arizona

by A. M. Gustafson

29,08€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>John Spring, a Swiss volunteer wounded in Civil War action, was sent to Arizona with the Regular Army of 1866 and became the most versatile and articulate of frontier reporters. A fine education and a broad knowledge of the world combined with an urbane pen to enable this pioneer educator, desert farmer, sutler, and brewer to be also a court translator, a correspondent for metropolitan U.S. newspapers and European periodicals, and a hardy soldier amid Apache perils.<br> <br> John Spring first saw Arizona from an encampment on the west side of the Colorado River at "a small town called Yuma . . . then called Arizona City . . . it did a thriving fandango and saloon business during the period of continual going and coming of troops and teamsters." Southern Arizona, as Spring first saw and described it, was "a country where every highway, every path, every hamlet, and nearly every rancho could tell (had they the gift of speech) of devilish deeds, of crafty ambuscade, murdered settlers and travellers."<br> <br> Supported by knowledge of several languages and wide reading, John Spring was able to extend his reporting to geographical and botanical description, to detailed reports of agriculture in the Santa Cruz Valley, and mercantile activity in Tucson. But he returned always to people--an irresistible center of interest for John Spring.<br> <br> The lively and authentic serial reports of John Spring to the <i>National Tribune</i> in Washington, D.C., have been assembled and edited in this volume by A. M. Gustafson.</div> </div>
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Notes Of Travel Through The Territory Of Arizona

by J. H. Marion

22,46€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"Prime source material, readable reporting of the day-by-day observations, preoccupations, and ideas of an Arizonan in 1870. . . . Marion, editor of the <i>Arizona Miner</i> in Prescott, details the inspection trip on which he accompanied General Stoneman and others. His little book, widely read in Arizona at the time, remains, says Donald Powell, ‘one of the best and least known such accounts from this period.’ . . . The book is notable for its descriptions of the frontier forts, the mesquite forests of southern Arizona valleys, and the adobe town of Tucson with its population of 3,000. . . . This well-edited volume . . . is a welcome addition to the Western shelf."—<i>Southern California Quarterly</i><br> <br> "A valuable and well written document, now made available to the general public and enhanced by the addition of an introduction and notes by Mr. Powell. . . . the publication will be of value to serious students of Arizona history."—<i>Journal of Arizona History</i><br> </div> </div>
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Politics Of Water In Arizona

by Dean E. Mann

42,40€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"Mann’s book is timely, and its central theme, the role of legal, political, and scientific institutions in the utilization of water in Arizona, is appropriate. It is appropriate, moreover, for the greater region of California and the Southwest, where exist similar problems. . . . <i>The Politics of Water in Arizona</i> ranks along with Richard Cooley’s prize winning <i>Politics and Conservation: The Decline of the Alaska Salmon</i> as an outstanding contribution of a political science to the field of conservation and resource utilization."—<i>California Historical Society Quarterly</i></div> </div>
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John Xantus - The Fort Tejon Letters, 1857-1859

by Ann Zwinger

42,40€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>John Xántus was a bit of a charlatan; of that there is little doubt. He lied about his exploits, joined the U.S. Army under an assumed name, and managed to alienate most of the people he met. Yet this Hungarian immigrant became one of the Smithsonian Institution’s most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-nineteenth century, and he is credited with the discovery of many new species in the American West.<br> <br> From his station at Ft. Tejon in California’s Tehachapi Mountains, Xántus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian, to whom he shipped the specimens he had trapped or shot in the surrounding sierra and deserts. A prolific letter writer, Xántus faithfully reported his findings as he bemoaned his circumstances and worried about his future.<br> <br> Working from Smithsonian archives, natural history writer Ann Zwinger has assembled Xántus’s unpublished letters into a book that documents his trials and triumphs in the field and reveals much about his dubious character. The letters also bring to life a time and place on the western frontier from which Xántus was able to observe a broad panorama of American history in the making.<br> <br> Zwinger’s lively introduction sets the stage for Xántus’s correspondence and examines the apparent contradictions between the man’s personal and professional lives. Her detailed notes to the letters further clarify his discoveries and shed additional light on his checkered career.</div> </div>
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Clifton-Morenci Strike - Labor Difficulty In Arizona, 1915-1916

by James R. Kluger

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 <div> <div>The strike that paralyzed the mining camps of Clifton and Morenci during 1915-16 and gained nationwide attention was one of the most remarkable that ever occurred in the West. During an era when physical violence, death, and property destruction were almost accepted elements of Western labor difficulties, this walkout was peaceful. With few exceptions, law and order continually predominated. This, then, is the seldom-seen side, a positive side, to a state''s labor history.<br> <br> Coming at a time when western labor was purging itself of radicalism and recharting its goals, the Clifton-Morenci strike may well have been that "milestone" in organized labor''s groping for recognition in the West. Violence did not erupt—this notable absence of bloodshed thereby making the strike unique in that time of industrial turbulence.<br> <br> Kluger''s answer to the question of why and how peace prevailed is significant reading. Strikers and managers hurled charges at each other, but both sides showed restraint when it came to action. When negotiations reached an impasse, Governor George W. P. Hunt moved to prevent the managers from importing strike-breakers. At the same time, the Department of Labor entered the situation, and the rise in copper prices and loss of wages made a settlement desirable for both sides.<br> <br> When the mine whistles blew on January 26, 1916, to signal the end of the strike, the repercussions of the events of 1915 were still to be felt. Author Kluger traces how the strike affected working conditions, wages, and the cause of unionism in the district. Overall, he provides insight into feelings concerning the fears of management regarding unionism, and labor''s manner of making itself heard during these years.<br> <br> Western historians, labor historians, and all those concerned with labor relations will recognize the importance of this highly readable work.</div> </div>
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Excavations At Snaketown - Material Culture

by E. B. Sayles, Emil W. Haury, Harold S. Gladwin e Nora Gladwin

66,25€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>"[Gladwin] accomplished, from the 1920''s on, a series of fundamentally important studies of the prehistoric cultures of the region from Texas to California. None of these surveys or excavations was more important than the excavation of Snaketown, in the southern Arizona desert. It provided a wealth of details for a major prehistoric culture, the Hohokam, which previously had been scarcely recognized. It dislodged many long-held dogmas of Southwestern archaeology and provided the basis for a major reorientation in thinking about the nature of the prehistoric occupations of Arizona and adjacent states. . . . [This volume] has remained indispensable for its detailed reporting of house remains, ball courts, canals, cremations, pottery, carved stone, and other artifacts."—<i>Science</i><br> <br> "The reprint will come as a blessing to many archaeologists who have sought in vain to obtain a copy of the original volume. It now stands as a body of data easily accessible to all workers, and we look forward to a new phase of synthesis of Hohokam archaeology."—<i>American Antiquity</i><br> </div> </div>
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Sand, Wind, And War - Memoirs Of A Desert Explorer

by Ralph A. Bagnold

35,78€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div><i>Sand, Wind, and War</i> records the work, travels and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands.<br> <br> Ralph Alger Bagnold was born in 1896 into a military family and educated as an engineer. Posted to Egypt in 1926, he was one of a group of officers who adapted Model T Fords to desert travel and in 1932 made the first east-west crossing—6,000 miles—of the Libyan desert. Bagnold established such a name for himself that in World War II he was again posted to Egypt where he founded and trained the Long Range Desert Group that was to confound the German and Italian armies.<br> <br> Bagnold’s fascination with the desert included curiosity over the formation of dunes, and beginning in 1935 he conducted wind tunnel experiments with sand that led to the book <i>The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes</i>. Eventually, he was to see his findings called on by NASA to interpret data on the sands of Mars. He devoted subsequent research to particle flow in fluids, and also served as a consultant to Middle Eastern governments concerned with the interference of sand flow in oil drilling.<br> <br> <i>Sand, Wind, and War</i> is the life story of a man who not only helped shape events in one part of the world but also contributed to our understanding of it. It is a significant benchmark not only in the history of science, but also in the annals of adventure.<br> </div> </div>
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Aztec Kings - The Construction Of Rulership In Mexican History

by Susan D. Gillespie

42,40€ + 10% CARD

 <div><b>Scholars have long viewed</b> histories of the Aztecs either as flawed chronologies plagued by internal inconsistencies and intersource discrepancies or as legends that indiscriminately mingle reality with the supernatural. But this new work draws fresh conclusions from these documents, proposing that Aztec dynastic history was recast by its sixteenth-century recorders not merely to glorify ancestors but to make sense out of the trauma of conquest and colonialism.<br> <br> <i>The Aztec Kings</i> is the first major study to take into account the Aztec cyclical conception of time—which required that history constantly be reinterpreted to achieve continuity between past and present—and to treat indigenous historical traditions as symbolic statements in narrative form. Susan Gillespie focuses on the dynastic history of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, whose stories reveal how the Aztecs used "history" to construct, elaborate, and reify ideas about the nature of rulership and the cyclical nature of the cosmos, and how they projected the Spanish conquest deep into the Aztec past in order to make history accommodate that event.<br> <br> By demonstrating that most of Aztec history is nonliteral, she sheds new light on Aztec culture and on the function of history in society. By relating the cyclical structure of Aztec dynastic history to similar traditions of African and Polynesian peoples, she introduces a broader perspective on the function of history in society and on how and why history must change.</div>
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Where The Strange Roads Go Down

by Fred Del Villar e Mary Del Villar

35,78€ + 10% CARD

 Mary and Fred del Villar's desire to travel "the strange roads" of rural Mexico led to a 750-mile walk from Lake Patzcuaro to the Pacific Ocean in 1951. For three months they endured sun, scorpions, floods, and hunger, but also found warm friendship everywhere they went.
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Last 10,000 Years - A Fossil Pollen Record Of The American Southwest

by Paul S. Martin

29,08€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <div>Pollen analysis offers an approach to understanding the Southwestern environment, its history, and in some respects its possible future. Dr. Martin''s study is an example of geochronology functioning as a strong interdisciplinary link among archaeologists, biogeographers, geologists, paleoclimatologists and ecologists.</div> </div>
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Once A River - Bird Life And Habitat Changes On The Middle Gila

by Amadeo M. Rea

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 <div>Like many rivers of the arid Southwest, the Gila is for much of its length a dry bed except after seasonal rains. Yet a mere century ago it hosted a thriving biological community, and two centuries ago American Indians fished from its banks.<br> <br> It is no mystery how the desert swallowed up the Gila. Beaver trapping, overgrazing, and woodcutting first ruined natural watersheds, then damming confined the last drops of its surface flow. Historical sources and archaeological data inform us of the Gila''s past, but its bird life further testifies to the changes.<br> <br> Amadeo Rea traces the decline of bird life on the Middle Gila in a book that addresses the broader issue of habitat deterioration. Bird lovers will find it a storehouse of data on avian migration patterns and on ornithological classification based on skeletal structure. Anthropologists can draw on its Piman ethnoclassification of birds, which links the Gila River tribe with various other Uto-Aztecan peoples of Mexico''s west coast.<br> <br> But for all concerned with protecting our environment, <i>Once a River</i> offers evidence of change that might be apprehended elsewhere. It is a case history of a loss that perhaps need never have occurred.</div>
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Sand, Wind, And War - Memoirs Of A Desert Explorer

by Ralph A. Bagnold

28,38€ + 10% CARD

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 Records the work and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers - Ralph Alger Bagnold - a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands. This is the story of a man who both helped shape events in one part of the world and contributed to our understanding of it.
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Chronological Analysis Of Tsegi Phase Sites In Northeastern Arizona

by Jeffrey S. Dean

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 Presents archaeological and chronological data on thirteen Tsegi Phase sites in the area of Tsegi Canyon in northeastern Arizona, for a comprehensive characterization of the Tsegi Phase. Analysis of 386 dated tree-ring specimens from thirteen Tsegi Phase sites has produced a considerable body of detailed chronological information relevant to each site and to the phase.
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Coloniality Of The Us/Mexico Border - Power, Violence, And The Decolonial Imperative

by Roberto D. Hernandez

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Morphologic Encyclopedia Of Palynology - An International Collection Of Definitions And Illustrations Of Spores And Pollens

by Gerhard Kremp

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The Mountainway Of The Navajo

by Leland C. Wyman

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