Arizona: A History

Author:   Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
ISBN:  

9780816515158


Pages:   434
Publication Date:   15 February 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Thomas E. Sheridan has spent a lifetime in Arizona, living off it and seeking refuge from it. He knows firsthand its canyons, forests, and deserts; he has seen its cities exploding with new growth; and, like many other people, he sometimes fears for its future. In this book, Sheridan sets forth new ideas about what a history should be. Arizona: A History explores the ways in which Native Americans, Hispanics, and Anglos have inhabited and exploited Arizona from the pursuit of the Naco mammoth 11,000 years ago to the financial adventurism of Charles Keating and others today. It also examines how perceptions of Arizona have changed, creating new constituencies of tourists, environmentalists, and outside business interests to challenge the dominance of ranchers, mining companies, and farmers who used to control the state. Sheridan emphasizes the crucial role of the federal government in Arizona's development throughout the book. As Sheridan writes about the past, his eyes are on the inevitable change and compromise of the present and future. He balances the gains and losses as global forces interact more and more with local cultural and environmental factors.

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Author:   Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
Imprint:   University of Arizona Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780816515158


ISBN 10:   0816515158
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   15 February 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The most modern survey of Arizona history to date. --Journal of the West He has created the most passionate, multifaceted, modern history of the Grand Canyon state. --Western Historical Quarterly In this well-written and innovative study, Sheridan (curator at the Arizona State Museum) links the history of a single southwestern state to larger national and international events that have affected its development. . . . Recommended. --Choice Surely among the panoply of state histories, this one stands among those at the very top. You'll enjoy reading it whether you're an Arizonan or not. --Southwestern Mission Research Center


The most modern survey of Arizona history to date. -- Journal of the West He has created the most passionate, multifaceted, modern history of the Grand Canyon state. -- Western Historical Quarterly In this well-written and innovative study, Sheridan (curator at the Arizona State Museum) links the history of a single southwestern state to larger national and international events that have affected its development. . . . Recommended. -- Choice Surely among the panoply of state histories, this one stands among those at the very top. You'll enjoy reading it whether you're an Arizonan or not. -- Southwestern Mission Research Center


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Thomas E. Sheridan holds a joint appointment as professor of Anthropology at the Southwest Center and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He has authored or co-edited eleven other books.

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