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Now available in paperback, this informal account of the people, culture, land, and history of Sonora, Mexico, describes blistering deserts, alpine mountains, tropical river valleys, and arid coastlines, and relates the lives and stories of cattlemen, lumbermen, fishermen, weavers, cobblers, musicians, bootleggers, and Indians. The author's curiosity extends to the weaving of Nácori hats, the distillation of fiery bacanora, and the utility of the tegua, the Sonoran cowboy boot. Sonora is also a record of painful twentieth-century change of human dislocation from rural villages to industrial cities and the relentless destruction of Sonoran forests, jungles, deserts, and rivers. A regular visitor for over thirty years, the author provides a colorful portrait of the Sonora of the past, present, and future. ... Read more

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A Delightful Read
This is a delightful read, a vivid description of the land, the people, and the culture of Sonora, written by a person who loves it.

A research scientist at the University of Arizona, David Yetman creates a nice balance among history/geography; the human stories of people he meets; and his personal relationship to the land and indigenous people .

The esteem in which Yetman is held, both by Sonoran natives and gringo colleagues, is awesome. He moves easily from intimate conversations with native families willing to share their last tortilla, to sophisticated discussions of politics, agriculture, and drugs with officials in the highest of places. While acknowledging the challenges facing Sonora in light of ecological and social changes, he goes easy when questioning reluctant locals about the drug culture, presumably to avoid putting them, and himself, in harm's way.

Yetman's academic credentials are revealed in the wealth of information about the varied landscapes within Sonora. That he truly enjoys and respects the people he has encountered over thirty years and hundreds of visits shines through and gives the book its personality.

Very interesting, from any point of view.
I read this book that I borrowed from a friend 3 years ago.I am a Sonoran native, and I found most of the author's comments accurate.Although I found it a bit pessimistic and cynical at times, I reallyenjoyed his observations on the present conditions in the state, since mostof them are true.

Arturo Wagner Navojoa, Sonora ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards. ... Read more

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Dated, Out of Print with Its Uses
Seems was directed towards jr. high, high school and community college audiences - would be useful for writing brief school reports on Arizona.

When looking about the net, online and in bookstores for info about Arizona I couldn't find anything that seemed comparable. There is useful info; necessary to take with a grain of salt as statistics are dated. If I want more info about the fine state of Arizona I believe I'll need to go to Arizona sources. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geography of Gilbert, Arizona, Geography of Mesa, Arizona, Geography of Phoenix, Arizona, Geography of Scottsdale, Arizona, Geography of Tempe, Arizona, Geography of Tucson, Arizona, Tanque Verde, Arizona, Oro Valley, Arizona, Tempe Town Lake, F. Q. Story Neighborhood Historic District, Piestewa Peak, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Papago Park, Camelback Mountain, Mount Lemmon, Saguaro National Park, Tempe Butte, Encanto Park, Sabino Canyon, Sentinel Peak, Patriots Square Park, South Mountain Park, Mummy Mountain, Cañada Del Oro, Tanque Verde Falls, Lehi, Arizona, Sunnyslope Mountain, Hole-In-The-Rock, Santa Rita Mountains, Mccormick Ranch, Cortez Lake, Colossal Cave, Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area, Steele Indian School Park Pond, Higley, Arizona, Armory Park Historic Residential District, Tortolita Mountains, Water Ranch Lake, Desert West Lake, Pima Canyon, Tucson Mountains, Troon, Arizona, Thimble Peak, Dobson Ranch, Arizona, Bear Canyon, Sutherland Trail, Tumamoc Hill. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oro Valley, Arizona -The area of Oro Valley has been inhabited discontinuously for nearly two thousand years by various groups of people. The Native American Hohokam tribe lived in the Honeybee Village in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains on Oro Valley's far north side around 500 AD. Hohokam artifacts continue to be discovered in the Honeybee Village that the Hohokam inhabited continuously for nearly 700 years, and studied by archaeologists around the globe. Early in the 16th century, Native American tribes known as the Apache arrived in the southern Arizona area, including Oro Valley. These tribes inhabited the region only a few decades prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, including Francisco Coronado...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=106718 ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Harper & brother in 1864 in 271 pages; Subjects: Silver mines and mining; Arizona; Sonora; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / Southwest; Technology & Engineering / Mining; Travel / United States / General; Travel / United States / West / Mountain; ... Read more

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For most people, "Grand Canyon" signifies that place of scenic wonder identified with Grand Canyon National Park.Beyond the boundaries of the park, however, extends the greater Grand Canyon, a region that includes five Indian reservations, numerous human settlements, and lands managed by three federal agencies and by the states of Arizona and Utah.Many people have sought to etch their values, economic practices, and physical presence on this vast expanse.Ultimately, all have had to come to terms with the limits imposed by the physical environment and the constraints posed by others seeking to carve out a place for themselves. A Place Called Grand Canyon is an unprecedented survey of how the lands and resources of the greater Grand Canyon have come to be divided in many different ways and for many different reasons.It chronicles the ebb and flow of power --changes in who controls the land and gives it meaning.The book begins with an exploration of the geographies of the native peoples, then examines how the westward expansion of the United States affected their lives and lands.It traces the century of contest and negotiation over the land and its resources that began in the 1880s and concludes with an assessment of contemporary efforts to redefine the region.Along the way, it explores how the spaces of the greater Grand Canyon area came to be defined and used, and how those spaces in turn influenced later contests among the ranchers, loggers, miners, recreationists, preservationists, Native Americans, and others claiming a piece--or all--of the area for their own ends.The story exposes how dynamic the geographical boundaries of the region really are, regardless of the indelibility of the ink with which they were drawn. With visitation to Grand Canyon National Park approaching five million people per year, pressures on resources are intensifying.When the greater Grand Canyon area is considered, environmental management is further complicated by the often-conflicting demands of business, recreation, ecological preservation, and human settlement.Morehouse invites us to look beyond boundaries drawn on maps to discover what Grand Canyon means to different people, and to think more deeply about what living in harmony with the land really entails.Her insights will be of interest to geographers and other social scientists--including anthropologists and environmental historians--and to all who seek a counterpoint to conventional natural histories of the region. ... Read more

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The arrival of Anglo settlers in the 1870s marked the beginning of major vegetation changes in southeastern Arizona, including an increase in woody plants in rangelands, the degradation of riparian wetlands, and the spread of non-native plants.While many of these changes have already been linked to human land-use through comparative photographs and historic descriptions, it has long been presumed that changes in the region's climate have also contributed to vegetation change. Geographer Conrad Bahre now challenges the view that these vegetation changes are due to climatic change.Correlating his own field research with archival records and photographs, Bahre demonstrates that most of the changes follow some type of human disturbance, such as cattle grazing, fuelwood cutting, wildfire suppression, agriculture, and road construction.Indeed, all available evidence suggests that Anglo settlement brought unprecedented changes to the land. Vegetation change in the American West has long been an issue of concern.This careful scrutiny of one corner of that region—one of the most ecologically diverse areas of the United States—shows how poorly understood is the relationship between human activities and vegetation.More important, it introduces new techniques for differentiating between natural and anthropogenic factors effecting vegetation change that can be used to help ecologists understand vegetation dynamics worldwide. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1863Original Publisher: A. Roman ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Disappointment
This volume was a total disappointment.It contained few historic maps of Arizona and fewer details of its history.A large part of the book were boring maps of various demographic details hardly relating to what you would want in a supposed historical atlas.You can find better data free on the web...

Hardcover book purchased at Amazon described as slightly used.
Book is in excellent condition except for a raised seal mark as having been a prized member of someone's library.

Fair
This was a mandatory textbook purchase and it was interesting and valuable during the course.

Historical Atlas of Arizona
Great book for the research I'm doing for an historical novel.It gives information about the terrain, plant life, stage and train routes, mines and military reserves.

The product arrived in perfect condition, and promptly. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University LibraryÕs preservation reformatting program. ... Read more

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Chapters: F. Q. Story Neighborhood Historic District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The F. Q. Story Neighborhood Historic District is located in central Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The neighborhood runs from McDowell Road south to Roosevelt Street and from Seventh Avenue west to Grand Avenue. The neighborhood as well as many of the individual houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The F.Q. Story neighborhood consists of 602 homes that were constructed from the late 1920s through the late 1940s. A variety of architectural styles, including Spanish Colonial Revival, English Tudor, Craftsman bungalows as well as transitional ranch are represented within the neighborhood. In 1887, Francis Quarles Story, a Boston wool merchant whose ill health had taken him to California a decade before, purchased the area that is today the F.Q. Story Historic District. He had settled in Los Angeles County, studied the cultivation of citrus, planted orange groves, and is credited with founding the national advertising campaign that made the Sunkist Orange famous. Active in many educational and conservation endeavors, F.Q. Story was a director and president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and a tireless booster of commercial and industrial enterprises in California and Arizona. Story and other prominent southern California landowners expanded into the Salt River Valley of Arizona in the late 1880s, investing in land and promoting both agricultural and townsite development. Although he never lived in Phoenix, Story was involved in numerous projects, such as the design and construction of the 100-foot (30 m) wide Grand Avenue thoroughfare in 1887 and the subsequent building of its streetcar line. In the early 1900s, Story was influential in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6418656 ... Read more

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Chapters: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Hannagan Meadow, Arizona, New Mexico Territory, South Phoenix, South Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, Bylas, Arizona, Boucher Trail, Desert View, Phoenix, Arizona, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Arizona, Muggins Mountains, Apache Pass, North Gateway, Phoenix, Arizona, Prescott National Forest, Bradshaw City, Arizona, North Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, Estrella, Phoenix, Arizona, Pioneer Living History Village, La Paz, Arizona, Camelback East, Phoenix, Arizona, Central City, Phoenix, Arizona, Deer Valley, Phoenix, Arizona, Dateland, Arizona, Encanto, Phoenix, Arizona, Tres Alamos, Arizona, Bill Williams River, Meadview, Arizona, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Black Meadow Landing, Lake Havasu, Cochran, Arizona, Pinal City, Arizona, Alexandra, Arizona, Woods Canyon Lake, Theba, Arizona, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Chevelon Canyon Lake, Tip Top, Arizona, Helvetia, Arizona, Paradise, Arizona, San Xavier Indian Reservation, Total Wreck, Arizona, Apache Lake, North Pointe Preparatory, Hereford, Arizona, Springerville Volcanic Field, Aubrey Landing, Arizona, Allen, Arizona, Adamana, Arizona, Navajo Generating Station, Sierra Pinta, Beaver Dam, Arizona, Mormon Lake, American Flag, Arizona, Saguaro Lake, Upper Burro Creek Wilderness, Mohawk, Arizona, Stoneman Lake, Fossil Creek, Park Place (Tucson, Arizona), Bellevue, Arizona, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Valle, Arizona, Acoma-Zuni Section, Fort Thomas, Arizona, Datil-Mogollon Section, Zuni Indian Reservation, Mobile, Arizona, Wolf Hole, Arizona, Kofa Mountains, Mummy Mountain, Littlefield, Arizona, Colorado River Indian Reservation, Trail Dust Town, Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Navajo Section, Desert View Watchtower, Mount Baldy, Phoenix Points of Pride, Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, Ashurst Lake, Wire Pass Trailhead, Peridot Mesa, Chiricahua National Monument, White Tank Mountains, Lavender Pit, North Bass Trail, Tanque Ver...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12214600 ... Read more

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Chapters: County Seats in Arizona, Geography of Apache County, Arizona, Geography of Cochise County, Arizona, Geography of Coconino County, Arizona, Geography of Gila County, Arizona, Geography of Graham County, Arizona, Geography of Greenlee County, Arizona, Geography of La Paz County, Arizona, Geography of Maricopa County, Arizona, Geography of Mohave County, Arizona, Geography of Navajo County, Arizona, Geography of Pima County, Arizona, Geography of Pinal County, Arizona, Geography of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Geography of Yavapai County, Arizona, Geography of Yuma County, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Yuma, Arizona, Kingman, Arizona, Nogales, Arizona, Holbrook, Arizona, Globe, Arizona, Bisbee, Arizona, Prescott, Arizona, Florence, Arizona, St. Johns, Arizona, Clifton, Arizona, Safford, Arizona, Parker, Arizona, Mojave Desert, Coconino National Forest, Petrified Forest National Park, Four Corners, Navajo National Monument, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Coronado National Forest, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Galiuro Wilderness, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Hohokam Pima National Monument, White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Kanab Creek Wilderness, Prescott National Forest, Kaibab National Forest, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Tuzigoot National Monument, Baboquivari Peak Wilderness, Tonto National Monument, Agua Fria National Monument, Tohono Chul Park, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Havasupai Trail, Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Pipe Spring Na...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49121 ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Islands of Argentina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 78. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arizona is a landlocked state situated in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Arizona shares land borders with Utah to the north, the Mexican state of Sonora the south, New Mexico to the east, and Nevada to the west. Arizona shares water borders with California and the Mexican state of Baja California to the west along the Colorado River. Arizona is also one of the Four Corners states, at which Arizona touches Colorado. Arizona has an area of 113,998 square miles (295,253 km) square miles, making it the sixth largest U.S. state. Of Arizona's total area, 0.32% consists of water, which makes Arizona the state with the second lowest percentage of water area (New Mexico is the lowest at 0.19%). Arizona spans about 335 miles (539 km) at its widest, and 390 miles (628 km) miles at its longest, and has an average elevation of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m). The geographic center of Arizona is located in Yavapai County, 55 miles (89 km) east-southeast of Prescott. Map of Arizona with its counties outlined.Arizona is divided into 15 counties, and has 90 incorporated cities and towns. Approximately 65 percent of Arizona residents live in Maricopa County, which had a population of 3,880,181 as of the 2000 Census. Maricopa County ranks fourth among the nation's counties in terms of population, and is more populated than 24 of the U.S. states. The county seat of Maricopa County is Phoenix, which is Arizona's largest city and capital. The next most populous county is Pima County, which had a 2000 population of 843,746. The county seat of Pima County is Tucson, where nearly all of the population is concentrated. Combined, nearly 80 percent of Arizona residents live in e...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16765927 ... Read more

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Chapters: Oro Valley, Arizona. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oro Valley, Arizona -The area of Oro Valley has been inhabited discontinuously for nearly two thousand years by various groups of people. The Native American Hohokam tribe lived in the Honeybee Village in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains on Oro Valley's far north side around 500 AD. Hohokam artifacts continue to be discovered in the Honeybee Village that the Hohokam inhabited continuously for nearly 700 years, and studied by archaeologists around the globe. Early in the 16th century, Native American tribes known as the Apache arrived in the southern Arizona area, including Oro Valley. These tribes inhabited the region only a few decades prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, including Francisco Coronado. The Spanish established forts in the area, including the Presidio at Tucson (1775) beginning in the late 16th century. Beginning in the 19th century, Americans increasingly settled in the Arizona Territory, following the Mexican-American War and the subsequent Gadsden Purchase including Southern Arizona. George Pusch, a German immigrant, settled in the area of Oro Valley in 1874, establishing a cattle ranch. This ranch was unique because it utilized a steam pump to provide water, eventually popularizing Pusch's property as the Steam Pump Ranch on the Cañada del Oro. The steam pump was one of only two in the Arizona Territory. Pusch's ranch provided respite for settlers and travelers entering and leaving the Tucson area. Pusch Ridge is named in honor of George Pusch. Ranching in the area continued to flourish as greater numbers of Americans settled in the Arizona Territory. Large ranching families in the Oro Valley area included the Romeros and the Rooneys. Gold...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=106718 ... Read more

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Our Arizona Geography unit was designed for teachers and homeschool parents searching for an Arizona Geography curriculum aligned with Arizona's Social Studies Standards.

The Arizona Geography curriculum features eight reproducible teacher created Arizona Geography lessons. Each Arizona Geography lesson includes a balanced mix of lower and higher level Arizona Geography activities that take students on a journey through the five regions of the United States before bringing them home to Arizona's regions, Arizona's rivers and lakes, and Arizona's points of interest.

Arizona Geography unit activities include comprehension questions and vocabulary quizzes, thought-provoking Arizona Geography discussion questions, Arizona Geography mapping activities that teach cardinal and intermediate directions, latitude/longitude, grid systems, number coordinates, creating color-coded Arizona landform and water resource maps, and following written directions to design an Arizona travel brochure. ... Read more