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Book Tucson Impressions

Download or read book Tucson Impressions written by and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With images ranging from the sweeping Sonoran Desert studded with the saguaro cactus to the ornate Santa Cruz Catholic Church to the contemporary Rattlesnake Bridge, award-winning photographer James Randklev takes you on a photographic journey through the cityscapes and countryside of Tucson, one of the nation's oldest cities. A master landscape photographer, Randklev captures rich color images of Tucson, old and new, including the sun-washed Historico Barrio, the Old Tucson Studios, the Arivaipa Canyon Wilderness, and desert flora.

Book Monterey Peninsula Impressions

Download or read book Monterey Peninsula Impressions written by and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Sierra Club's most widely published photographers, James Randklev captures a vivid and varied portrait of the Monterey Peninsula, from the old-world charm of Carmel to the rocky beaches of the Big Sur coastline, from expansive Monterey Bay Aquarium to historic Cannery Row. Randklev uses a large-format camera to capture images of Point Lobos State Reserve, Pebble Beach, and Big Sur so powerful you can almost hear the waves pound the shores.

Book First Impressions

    Book Details:
  • Author : David J. Weber
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2017-08-22
  • ISBN : 030023175X
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book First Impressions written by David J. Weber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System—including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde—to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors’ skillful evocation of the region’s sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University

Book La Calle

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  • Author : Lydia R. Otero
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2016-10-01
  • ISBN : 0816534918
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book La Calle written by Lydia R. Otero and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 1, 1966, the voters of Tucson approved the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project—Arizona’s first major urban renewal project—which targeted the most densely populated eighty acres in the state. For close to one hundred years, tucsonenses had created their own spatial reality in the historical, predominantly Mexican American heart of the city, an area most called “la calle.” Here, amid small retail and service shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues, they openly lived and celebrated their culture. To make way for the Pueblo Center’s new buildings, city officials proceeded to displace la calle’s residents and to demolish their ethnically diverse neighborhoods, which, contends Lydia Otero, challenged the spatial and cultural assumptions of postwar modernity, suburbia, and urban planning. Otero examines conflicting claims to urban space, place, and history as advanced by two opposing historic preservationist groups: the La Placita Committee and the Tucson Heritage Foundation. She gives voice to those who lived in, experienced, or remembered this contested area, and analyzes the historical narratives promoted by Anglo American elites in the service of tourism and cultural dominance. La Calle explores the forces behind the mass displacement: an unrelenting desire for order, a local economy increasingly dependent on tourism, and the pivotal power of federal housing policies. To understand how urban renewal resulted in the spatial reconfiguration of downtown Tucson, Otero draws on scholarship from a wide range of disciplines: Chicana/o, ethnic, and cultural studies; urban history, sociology, and anthropology; city planning; and cultural and feminist geography.

Book Tucson

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  • Author : C. L. Sonnichsen
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780806120423
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Tucson written by C. L. Sonnichsen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Tucson, Arizona, traces the development of this great southwestern city from its beginning as a mud village in northern Mexico two centuries ago to its emergence as an American metropolis.

Book People of Pascua

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  • Author : Edward H. Spicer
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2011-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780816529674
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book People of Pascua written by Edward H. Spicer and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in Print! "Sketches the history and culture of the Tucson area Yaqui and contains case studies of a number of the informants. What constituted 'Yaquiness' in Pascua was mainly a common language, a shared historical tradition, and an aberrant form of Catholic Christianity laced with Yaqui concepts. This clearly and concisely written book is very important in its own terms as an early example of the use of life histories in ethnology and as a significant contribution to Yaqui studies."—Choice "Spicer's methodology included biography as a means to better understand Yaqui behaviors, choices, and attitudes about others. . . . Marvelously written and should benefit a diverse readership."—Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Book Images

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tucson Citizen (Newspaper)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Images written by Tucson Citizen (Newspaper) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This project is a collection of images and impressions of Tucson in the last years of the 20th century ... It is a glimpse of who we were, how we saw our world and some of the ordinary things that mattered to each of our lives."--Page iii.

Book Arizona Review

Download or read book Arizona Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chinatown

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  • Author : Richard Dawes
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2014-11-07
  • ISBN : 1680460226
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Chinatown written by Richard Dawes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tucson Kid battles the crime bosses and criminals of the Barbary Coast and the Tongs of Chinatown to rescue a young woman. The Tucson Kid travels to San Francisco to rescue the daughter of an old friend from a Barbary Coast crime boss who is keeping her prisoner. Once in the city, he is approached by a wealthy politician and the Police Commissioner who ask him to look into the Tong wars that are rocking San Francisco. As Tucson begins investigating the Tongs, he also sets into motion a plan to liberate the young woman. He leaves a blood-spattered and corpse littered trail behind him as he moves through the underworld of San Francisco, taking on the bosses and criminals of the Barbary Coast and ending with an epic battle with the vicious Tongs of Chinatown.

Book One Acts of Note 2008

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  • Author : James Damone
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2009-06
  • ISBN : 0578018365
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book One Acts of Note 2008 written by James Damone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of one act plays from the West Coast to the East Coast, ONE ACTS OF NOTE is a must-have book for theatre-lovers! The anthology features THE LIMP by John Lane, MOM AND DAD MEET IN HEAVEN by John Ireland, LOOK UP by Sharon Yablon, GEORGIE GETS A FACELIFT by Dan Guyton, AMERICAN INTERLUDE by Scott Brooks, RAFT OF MEDUSA-POST MODERN by Christine Emmert, SHE IS AND SHE ISN'T by George Freek, AMARILLO ROSE by David Miguel Estrada, THE HOMELESS SECRETARY by Gerry Sheridan, DAWNLESS DAYS by Olivia Arieti, A GOOD KID by Bill Mesce Jr, LAST DANCE by Carol Schlanger, THE SELLING OF THE SOUL by Walter Dalton, JETTISON by Brendan Andolsek Bradley, & 4 DAYS IN BED by Jonson Kuhn & Ariel Marks.

Book Tucson s Historic Districts  Review and Evaluation

Download or read book Tucson s Historic Districts Review and Evaluation written by Tucson (Ariz.). Planning Division and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arizona

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  • Author : Malcolm L. Comeaux
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2019-03-14
  • ISBN : 0429727771
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Arizona written by Malcolm L. Comeaux and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This systematic study of the geography of Arizona emphasizes the relationship between the human population and the environment-the patterns of human activities and their effects on the landscape. Dr. Comeaux introduces Arizona's physical features, then traces its history from the time of the early Indians. A discussion of the state's contemporary population and the rapid growth of its cities is followed by a geographic approach to a number of key topics: Arizona's industries-manufacturing, mining, agriculture, lumber, ranching, and tourism-water and land use, and recreation.

Book A Traveler s Guide to Geriatrica

Download or read book A Traveler s Guide to Geriatrica written by Marilyn Heins and published by A3d Impressions. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syndicated columnist and beloved pediatrition, Marilyn Heins, MD, has fashioned a pathway through the transformative senior years of life after having entered the octogenarian years, herself. Gleaned from her experiences as she navigates the changes that come with aging, A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica is augmented with inciteful yet playful illustrations by renowned political cartoonist, David Fitzsimmons. Marilyn takes on her role of tour guide through this new terrain with her typical poise and acumen, while offering a healthy dose of humor. Approaching the aging journey as a landscape in an unfamiliar country, Heins imagines us all to be immigrants in the land of Geriatrica. During the voyage, she visits somewhat familiar, yet not quite known stops along the way. The conceit affords discussions of topics such as: dangers and perils of the journey; preparations; scams to be attentive of; downsizing; housing need changes; the importance of simplifying; on being an octogenarian; frailing; health and safety; mental health; finances later in life; teaching children about Geriatrica; canines in Geriatrica - all shared with Marilyn's indelable dry wit and celebration of life lived well into one's latter years. In the end, Geriatrica is seen as a land that if fortunate to live long enough to visit, holds not only new challenges and perils, but rich finds and wondrous experiences that continue to enrich days well lived.

Book Railway Review

Download or read book Railway Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Moon Tucson

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tim Hull
  • Publisher : Moon Travel
  • Release : 2018-05-29
  • ISBN : 1640497463
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Moon Tucson written by Tim Hull and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the distinct flavor of a thriving desert enclave with Old West roots and an artsy spirit. Inside Moon Tucson you'll find: The top sights and unique experiences: Visit remnants of ancient cultures or browse galleries of Pueblo art. Tour Mission San Xavier del Bac, stroll through Tucson's El Presidio Historic District, and see artifacts from the Old West in a ghost town Get a taste of the city: Eat traditional chiles rellenos and fresh handmade tortillas or try a Sonoran hot dog with all the fixings. Dance to live music and check out the street vendors at downtown's Second Saturdays, sip habanero-infused vodka, and stargaze at an astronomy bar Ideas for recreation like hiking, biking, or horseback riding among the saguaro cacti, or stopping at a resort for a round of golf or a spa day Local insight from Tucson resident Tim Hull Extensive coverage of the Santa Cruz Valley, the Border Region, and Southeastern Arizona: Go deep into Kartchner Caverns, hike the Huachuca Mountains, or kick back at a historic saloon in Tombstone Honest advice on when to go, where to stay, how to get there, and how to get around Maps and Tools like background information on the landscape, history, culture, plus full-color photos and easy-to-read maps With Moon Tucson's practical tips and local know-how, you can experience the best of this Southwest destination. Exploring the area? Try Moon Arizona & the Grand Canyon or Moon Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque. Hitting the road? Try Moon Southwest Road Trip.

Book Investigation of Veterans  Bureau

Download or read book Investigation of Veterans Bureau written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of Veterans' Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Panama Hat Trail

Download or read book The Panama Hat Trail written by Tom Miller and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic South American travel book tells the true story behind an iconic symbol--Provided by publisher.