Western Images, Western Landscapes: Travels Along U.S. 89 - Hardcover

Vale, Thomas R.; Vale, Geraldine R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816511179 ISBN 13: 9780816511174

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1990

Synopsis

Examines the landscape along Highway 89 from Arizona to Montana, and discusses how the region is changing

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Review:

"The book follows a 1500-mile route stretching from Mexico to Canada—traversing some of the most scenic country in the world, including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, and the Tetons—and in the process compares observed reality with common myth and image. The reader is the beneficiary of a close and fascinating look at a contemporary battle between growth on the one hand and preservation on the other. Numerous maps, charts, and photographs augment the text."—Booklist"The tone is conversational yet wise. . . . The authors have an eye for the significant. . . . They challenge us to develop a thoughtful vision for the region's future."—American Studies"This book is beautifully designed, copiously illustrated, and contains a great deal of general information about western landscape."—Nevada Historical Society Quarterly"Insightful observations about developments taking place in the West . . . recommended to students of the region."—Journal of Culural Geography

From Publishers Weekly:

Images of the West are as varied as the landscape itself: untamed frontier, vast emptiness, a "Big Rock Candy Mountain" of opportunity, expanding cities, protected wilderness, playground. The Vales, geographers and authors of U.S. 40 Today , here cover 1500 miles, checking images against reality. Following U.S. Route 89 north, they pass through cities, ghost towns, bombing ranges, parklands; through desert, mountains, plains. While no single image appears dominant, the question of growth vs. preservation is always present. The authors conclude that the greatest threat to the character of the "Interior West" is increased numbers of people (and their encumbrances) rather than resource development. Neither a travel nor a guidebook, this would be useful as either; its forcefully delivered main point is to verify the different ways we value land. Photos.
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0816511179
• ISBN 13: 9780816511174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189