From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental
lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live.
Where there was gold to be mined (and where there was not)
redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and
where it doesn't) determines whose fruit grows on trees and whose
appears on slot machines. All this emerges from the geology of the
range and how it changed history, and in so doing, changed the
country. The Mountains That Remade America combines geology with
history to show how the particular forces and conditions that
created the Sierra Nevada have effected broad outcomes and
influenced daily life in the United States in the past and continue
to do so today. Drawing connections between events in historical
geology and contemporary society, Craig H. Jones makes geological
science accessible and shows the vast impact this mountain range
has had on the American West.
General
| Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2017 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Craig H. Jones
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
360 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-28964-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-520-28964-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780520289642 |
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