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001			ocn863158338
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105438.0
008			131118s2013 utu ob s001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dYDXCP _dE7B _dOCLCQ _dDEBSZ _dNT
020			_a9781607813125 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
029	1		_aDEBSZ _b423662368
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050	0	4	_aGE155 _b.R633 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aRogers, Jedediah Smart. _e1
245	1	0	_aRoads in the wilderness : _bconflict in canyon country / _cJedediah S. Rogers.
260			_aSalt Lake City : _bThe University of Utah Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	2		_a"The canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona--a celebrated desert of rock and sand punctuated by gorges and mesas--is a region hotly contested among vying and disparate interests, from industrial developers to wilderness preservation advocates. Roads are central to the conflicts raging in an area perceived as one of the last large roadless places in the continental United States. The canyon country in fact contains an extensive network of dirt trails and roads, many originally constructed under the authority of a one-sentence statute in an 1866 mining law, later known as R.S. 2477. While well-groomed and paved roads came to signify the industrialization of the modern age, twentieth century conservationists have regarded roads as intrusive human imprints on the nation's wild lands. Roads connect rural communities, spur economic growth, and in some cases blend harmoniously into the landscape, but they also fracture and divide, disturb wildlife and habitat, facilitate industrial development, and spoil wilderness. Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, Rogers demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in the region were Mormon pioneers and current views about land and resource use in southern Utah often derive from stories about how those pioneer ancestors defied wilderness to found their communities in the desert. Roads in the Wilderness will be of interest to environmentalists, historians, and those who live in the American West, challenging readers to think about the canyon country and the stories embedded in the land"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aPrologue -- _t1. Stories of Origin -- _t2. Abbey's Road, Black's Highway -- _t3. Roadless in Negro Bill Canyon -- _t4. Posturing on the Burr Trail -- _t5. Abundance and Scarcity in the Book Cliffs -- _t6. Heritage on the Grand Staircase-Escalante -- _t7. Off-Roading in Arch Canyon -- _t8. Making a Desert Landscape -- _tEpilogue.
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650		0	_aRoads _xEnvironmental aspects _zUtah.
650		0	_aWilderness areas _zUtah.
650		0	_aEnvironmental protection _zUtah.
650		0	_aSocial conflict _zUtah.
650		0	_aRoads _xEconomic aspects _zUtah.
650		0	_aRoads _xPolitical aspects _zUtah.
650		0	_aRoads _zUtah _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663370&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hGE. _m2013 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
994			_a02 _bNT
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell