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Book The Peoples of Utah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Utah State Historical Society
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 526 pages

Download or read book The Peoples of Utah written by Utah State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains histories of some of the minorities in Utah.

Book Book Lust

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nancy Pearl
  • Publisher : Sasquatch Books
  • Release : 2009-09-29
  • ISBN : 1570616590
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Book Lust written by Nancy Pearl and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

Book Utah Politics and Government

Download or read book Utah Politics and Government written by Adam R. Brown and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Utah Politics and Government covers Utah's religious heritage and territorial history, its central political institutions, and its political culture, while situating Utah within the broader American political setting"--

Book Virga   Bone

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig Childs
  • Publisher : Torrey House Press
  • Release : 2019-10-01
  • ISBN : 1948814196
  • Pages : 65 pages

Download or read book Virga Bone written by Craig Childs and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's impossible to imagine another writer in America who is better than Craig Childs at elegizing the fearsome and confounding appeal of our most austere landscapes." —KEVIN FEDARKO, author of The Emerald Mile From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons—a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more–than–human. CRAIG CHILDS is the author of more than a dozen books on nature, adventure, and science, including The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Outside. Recipient of the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, he lives in Colorado.

Book Haunted Utah

Download or read book Haunted Utah written by Andy Weeks and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of hauntings, and creature sightings from the state of Utah.

Book Know Your State Activity Book Utah

Download or read book Know Your State Activity Book Utah written by Megan Hansen Moench and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids can now practice their skills in vocabulary, reading, writing, social studies, math, and science while getting to know the state they love! Each Know Your State activity book features more than 250 pages of interactive learning activities that guide kids through the history and geography of their great state, while simultaneously reinforcing what they are learning in school. Learn the difference between basins and plateaus by labeling an illustrated map; find out what a namesake is and how you say "water with plenty of fish" in the Paiute language; use beautiful metaphors to write about the view from your own backyard; create a map to scale of your bedroom using a map grid; and build a working compass from a needle and a cork. The Know Your State series will help them find themselves immersed in creative, standards-based learning all year long! Megan Hansen Moench has taught elementary education in public schools; created district-level programs to help students learn writing, mathematics, and language arts; and has worked on several state textbook programs for Gibbs Smith Education. Megan holds degrees in elementary and special education as well as an endorsement for English Language Learner Instruction, and is currently working on her Reading Instruction endorsement. She runs a website that offers free educational resources for parents and teachers, tolearnandgrow.com, and lives in Kaysville, Utah.

Book A History of Utah Radicalism

    Book Details:
  • Author : John S. McCormick
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2023-06-15
  • ISBN : 1646424115
  • Pages : 488 pages

Download or read book A History of Utah Radicalism written by John S. McCormick and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utah, now one of the most conservative states, has a long tradition of left-wing radicalism. Early Mormon settlers set a precedent with the United Order and other experiments with a socialistic economy. The tradition continued into the more recent past with New Left, anti-apartheid, and other radicals. Throughout, Utah radicalism usually reflected national and international developments. Recounting its long history, McCormick and Sillito focus especially on the Socialist Party of America, which reached a peak of political influence in the first two decades of the twentieth century—in Utah and across the nation. At least 115 Socialists in over two dozen Utah towns and cities were elected to office in that period, and on seven occasions they controlled governments of five different municipalities. This is a little-known story worth a closer look. Histories of Socialism in the United States have tended to forsake attention to specific, local cases and situations in favor of broader overviews of the movement. By looking closely at Utah's experience, this book helps unravel how American Socialism briefly flowered before rapidly withering in the early twentieth century. It also broadens the conventional understanding of Utah history.

Book Utah Place Names

    Book Details:
  • Author : John W. Van Cott
  • Publisher : University of Utah Press
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780874803457
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book Utah Place Names written by John W. Van Cott and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.

Book Mormon Country

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wallace Stegner
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2003-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803293052
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book Mormon Country written by Wallace Stegner and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their ?lovely Deseret,? a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, they migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country, a wasteland made green. Like the land the Mormons settled, their habits stood in stark contrast to the frenzied recklessness of the American West. Opposed to the often prodigal individualism of the West, Mormons lived in closely knit ?øsome say ironclad ?øcommunities. The story of Mormon country is one of self-sacrifice and labor spent in the search for an ideal in the most forbidding territory of the American West. Richard W. Etulain provides a new introduction to this edition.

Book History Of Utah s American Indians

Download or read book History Of Utah s American Indians written by Forrest Cuch and published by Utah State Division of Indian Affairs. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a joint project of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah State Historical Society. It is distributed to the book trade by Utah State University Press. The valleys, mountains, and deserts of Utah have been home to native peoples for thousands of years. Like peoples around the word, Utah's native inhabitants organized themselves in family units, groups, bands, clans, and tribes. Today, six Indian tribes in Utah are recognized as official entities. They include the Northwestern Shoshone, the Goshutes, the Paiutes, the Utes, the White Mesa or Southern Utes, and the Navajos (Dineh). Each tribe has its own government. Tribe members are citizens of Utah and the United States; however, lines of distinction both within the tribes and with the greater society at large have not always been clear. Migration, interaction, war, trade, intermarriage, common threats, and challenges have made relationships and affiliations more fluid than might be expected. In this volume, the editor and authors endeavor to write the history of Utah's first residents from an Indian perspective. An introductory chapter provides an overview of Utah's American Indians and a concluding chapter summarizes the issues and concerns of contemporary Indians and their leaders. Chapters on each of the six tribes look at origin stories, religion, politics, education, folkways, family life, social activities, economic issues, and important events. They provide an introduction to the rich heritage of Utah's native peoples. This book includes chapters by David Begay, Dennis Defa, Clifford Duncan, Ronald Holt, Nancy Maryboy, Robert McPherson, Mae Parry, Gary Tom, and Mary Jane Yazzie. Forrest Cuch was born and raised on the Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. He graduated from Westminster College in 1973 with a bachelor of arts degree in behavioral sciences. He served as education director for the Ute Indian Tribe from 1973 to 1988. From 1988 to 1994 he was employed by the Wampanoag Tribe in Gay Head, Massachusetts, first as a planner and then as tribal administrator. Since October 1997 he has been director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs.

Book Utah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kris Hirschmann
  • Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
  • Release : 2003-01-02
  • ISBN : 9780836851618
  • Pages : 54 pages

Download or read book Utah written by Kris Hirschmann and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2003-01-02 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and illustrations present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, customs, and attractions of Utah.

Book From the Ground Up

    Book Details:
  • Author : Colleen Whitley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006-09-14
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 534 pages

Download or read book From the Ground Up written by Colleen Whitley and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This first thorough survey of Utah's mining history provides overviews of the geology, economic history, and folklore of mining in the state; recounts the development of a selection of historically significant minerals, such as coal, salines, and uranium; and includes region-by-region histories of Utah's mining booms and busts. The essays are written by notable experts in the field, among them historians Thomas G. Alexander, Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans, James E. Fell Jr., Laurence P. James, Brigham D. Madsen, Allen Kent Powell, W. Paul Reeve, and Raye C. Ringholz and geologists J. Wallace Gwynn and William T. Parry."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Utah State Constitution

    Book Details:
  • Author : The late Jean Bickmore White
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2011-04-15
  • ISBN : 0199878064
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book The Utah State Constitution written by The late Jean Bickmore White and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Utah State Constitution, Jean Bickmore White offers a comprehensive review of the unique historical background and the 100-year development of the Utah State Constitution. First drafted in 1896, at the beginning of Utah's statehood, the original constitution survived until the early 1970s with little change. Since that time there has been a wave of constitutional reform that has produced change in virtually every article. This reference guide shows these changes section-by-section and explores their purpose and meaning. This book will be of interest to readers seeking information about the law, politics, and history of Utah. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

Book Women In Utah History

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Lyn Scott
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2005-11-30
  • ISBN : 0874215161
  • Pages : 528 pages

Download or read book Women In Utah History written by Patricia Lyn Scott and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A project of the Utah Women's History Association and cosponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, Paradigm or Paradox provides the first thorough survey of the complicated history of all Utah women. Some of the finest historians studying Utah examine the spectrum of significant social and cultural topics in the state's history that particularly have involved or affected women. The contents are as follows: A Comparison of Utah Mormon Polygamous and Monogamous Women Jessie L. Embry and Lois Kelley Innovation and Accommodation: the Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1847-96 Lisa Madsen Pearson and Carol Cornwall Madsen Conflict and Contributions: Women in Utah Churches, 1847-1920 John Sillito Utah's Ethnic Women Helen Z. Papanikolas The Professionalization of Utah's Farm Women, 1890-1940 Cynthia Sturgis Gainfully Employed Women in Utah Miriam B. Murphy From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Utah Education, 1847-2004 Mary Clark and Patricia Lyn Scott Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood: Utah Women's Clubs and Associations, 1847-1977 Jill Mulvay Derr Women of Letters in Utah Gary Topping Utah Women in the Arts Martha Sontag Bradley-Evans Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere Kathryn L. MacKay Utah Women's Life Stages: 1850-1940 Jessie L. Embry

Book Camping Utah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donna Ikenberry
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2021-10-15
  • ISBN : 149304317X
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Camping Utah written by Donna Ikenberry and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV? Let Camping Utah, Third Edition take you there. This fully updated and revised comprehensive guidebook gives detailed descriptions of more than 300 public campgrounds throughout Utah. These are campsites managed by national, state, city, and county parks; the USDA Forest Service; the Bureau of Land Management; tribal organizations; and several private companies. They're in remote wilderness areas and near cities, in deserts and on mountaintops, along raging rivers and by popular lakes. Easy-to-use maps and charts will help you choose the perfect site for your next camping trip, whether you're going alone, as a family, or with a group. You'll also find vital information on: ·Campground locations ·Facilities and hookups ·Fees and reservations ·Recreational activities ·GPS coordinates for each campground

Book Trees of Utah and the Intermountain West

Download or read book Trees of Utah and the Intermountain West written by Michael Richard Kuhns and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the all native and introduced trees of the Intermountain West. Includes identification keys and hundreds of authoritative illustrations.

Book The Utah State Constitution

Download or read book The Utah State Constitution written by Jean Bickmore White and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Utah State Constitution, Jean Bickmore White offers a comprehensive review of the unique historical background and the 100-year development of the Utah State Constitution. First drafted in 1896, at the beginning of Utah's statehood, the original constitution survived until the early 1970s with little change. Since that time there has been a wave of constitutional reform that has produced change in virtually every article. This reference guide shows these changes section-by-section and explores their purpose and meaning. This book will be of interest to readers seeking information about the law, politics, and history of Utah. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.