The Llano Estacado of the US Southern High Plains : environmental transformation and the prospect for sustainability /

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Imprint:Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2000.
Description:xvi, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:UNU studies on critical environmental regions
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4439886
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Other authors / contributors:Brooks, Elizabeth.
ISBN:9280810421 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. The Llano Estacado and the Question of Sustainability
  • Note
  • 2. Creation and Change: 12,000 B.P. to A.D. 1860
  • Notes
  • 3. Early Stages of Transformation: 1860 to 1900
  • Notes
  • 4. The New Century and the New Ecology of the Llano: 1900 to 1945
  • Notes
  • 5. Expansion and Exploitation: 1945 to 1980
  • Notes
  • 6. The Transformation of the Llano in the Post-Expansion Era: 1980 to the Present
  • Notes
  • 7. The Future for the Llano: Realms of Necessity and Freedom
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index