Author: Theodore Steinberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The drive to own the natural world in twentieth-century America seems virtually limitless. Signs of this national penchant for possessing nature are everywhere—from suburban picket fences to elaborate schemes to own underground water, clouds, even the ocean floor. Yet, as Theodore Steinberg demonstrates in this compelling, witty look at Americans' attempts to master the environment, nature continually turns these efforts into folly. In a rich, narrative style recalling the work of John McPhee, Steinberg tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. Beginning along the Missouri River, Steinberg recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. Then he travels to Louisiana, where an army of lawyers butted heads over whether Six Mile Lake was actually a lake or a stream. He continues to Arizona to investigate who owned the underground, then to Pennsylvania's Blue Ridge Mountains to see who claimed the clouds. He ends in crowded New York City with Donald Trump's struggle for air rights. Americans' obsession with owning nature was immortalized by Mark Twain in the tale of Slide Mountain, where a landslide-prone Nevada peak turned the American dream of real estate into dust. In relating these modern-day "Slide Mountain" stories, Steinberg illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
Slide Mountain
Author: Theodore Steinberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The drive to own the natural world in twentieth-century America seems virtually limitless. Signs of this national penchant for possessing nature are everywhere—from suburban picket fences to elaborate schemes to own underground water, clouds, even the ocean floor. Yet, as Theodore Steinberg demonstrates in this compelling, witty look at Americans' attempts to master the environment, nature continually turns these efforts into folly. In a rich, narrative style recalling the work of John McPhee, Steinberg tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. Beginning along the Missouri River, Steinberg recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. Then he travels to Louisiana, where an army of lawyers butted heads over whether Six Mile Lake was actually a lake or a stream. He continues to Arizona to investigate who owned the underground, then to Pennsylvania's Blue Ridge Mountains to see who claimed the clouds. He ends in crowded New York City with Donald Trump's struggle for air rights. Americans' obsession with owning nature was immortalized by Mark Twain in the tale of Slide Mountain, where a landslide-prone Nevada peak turned the American dream of real estate into dust. In relating these modern-day "Slide Mountain" stories, Steinberg illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The drive to own the natural world in twentieth-century America seems virtually limitless. Signs of this national penchant for possessing nature are everywhere—from suburban picket fences to elaborate schemes to own underground water, clouds, even the ocean floor. Yet, as Theodore Steinberg demonstrates in this compelling, witty look at Americans' attempts to master the environment, nature continually turns these efforts into folly. In a rich, narrative style recalling the work of John McPhee, Steinberg tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. Beginning along the Missouri River, Steinberg recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. Then he travels to Louisiana, where an army of lawyers butted heads over whether Six Mile Lake was actually a lake or a stream. He continues to Arizona to investigate who owned the underground, then to Pennsylvania's Blue Ridge Mountains to see who claimed the clouds. He ends in crowded New York City with Donald Trump's struggle for air rights. Americans' obsession with owning nature was immortalized by Mark Twain in the tale of Slide Mountain, where a landslide-prone Nevada peak turned the American dream of real estate into dust. In relating these modern-day "Slide Mountain" stories, Steinberg illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
Slide Mountain, Or, The Folly of Owning Nature
Author: Theodore Steinberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520087637
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"A beautifully written work. . . . A tremendously fresh assessment of not only the perils of owning nature, but an entire realm of public and private thoughts, writings, laws, and legislation having to do with nature, property, conservation, and culture."--William Deverell, author of Railroad Crossings
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520087637
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"A beautifully written work. . . . A tremendously fresh assessment of not only the perils of owning nature, but an entire realm of public and private thoughts, writings, laws, and legislation having to do with nature, property, conservation, and culture."--William Deverell, author of Railroad Crossings
The Adirondack Slide Guide
Author: Drew Haas
Publisher: Dacksdescents Pub.
ISBN: 9780978655402
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher: Dacksdescents Pub.
ISBN: 9780978655402
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Downhill Slide
Author: Hal Clifford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781578050710
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The first investigative analysis of how corporate interests gained control of America's most popular winter sport, and how they are gutting ski towns, the natural mountain environment, and skiing itself in the desperate search for short-term profit.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781578050710
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The first investigative analysis of how corporate interests gained control of America's most popular winter sport, and how they are gutting ski towns, the natural mountain environment, and skiing itself in the desperate search for short-term profit.
Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Climatological Data
Author: United States. Environmental Data Service
Publisher:
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Collection of the monthly climatological reports of the United States by state or region with monthly and annual national summaries.
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Collection of the monthly climatological reports of the United States by state or region with monthly and annual national summaries.
Geological Survey Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Ski
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
Best Hikes Near Reno and Lake Tahoe
Author: Tracy Salcedo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493006231
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
With these information-packed guides in hand, readers have everything they need for the adventure they seek, from an easy nature walk to a multiday backpacking trip. Each hike includes: location, length, hiking time, level of difficulty, and if dogs can come along. Other features include: Trail finder chart that categorizes each hike (e.g., for particular attractions such as waterfalls) Full-color photos and maps throughout Information on the area's history, geology, flora and fauna
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493006231
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
With these information-packed guides in hand, readers have everything they need for the adventure they seek, from an easy nature walk to a multiday backpacking trip. Each hike includes: location, length, hiking time, level of difficulty, and if dogs can come along. Other features include: Trail finder chart that categorizes each hike (e.g., for particular attractions such as waterfalls) Full-color photos and maps throughout Information on the area's history, geology, flora and fauna