From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental
lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live.
Whether and where there was gold to be mined 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 how they 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: |
February 2020 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Craig H. Jones
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
360 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-32550-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-520-32550-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780520325500 |
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