History of the Lincoln County War

History

Fulton, Maurice G.

Americas

University of Arizona Press

Arizona Place Names

Barnes, Will Croft

Granger, Byrd H.

The Gulf of California: Biodiversity and Conservation (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Studies in Natural History)

Few places in the world can claim such a diversity of species as the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), with its 6,000 recorded animal species estimated to be half the number actually living in its waters. So rich are the Gulf's water that over a half-million tons of seafood are taken from them annually—and this figure does not count the wasted by-catch, which would triple or quadruple that tonnage. This timely book provides a benchmark for understanding the Gulf's extraordinary diversity, how it is threatened, and in what ways it is—or should be—protected.
In spite of its dazzling richness, most of the Gulf's coastline now harbors but a pale shadow of the diversity that existed just a half-century ago. Recommendations based on sound, careful science must guide Mexico in moving forward to protect the Gulf of California.
This edited volume contains contributions by twenty-four Gulf of California experts, from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. From the origins of the Gulf to its physical and chemical characteristics, from urgently needed conservation alternatives for fisheries and the entire Gulf ecosystem to information about its invertebrates, fishes, cetaceans, and sea turtles, this thought-provoking book provides new insights and clear paths to achieve sustainable use solidly based on robust science. The interdisciplinary, international cooperation involved in creating this much-needed collection provides a model for achieving success in answering critically important questions about a precious but rapidly disappearing ecological treasure.

Science & Math

Brusca, Richard C.

Biological Sciences

Pp. xviii, 212, 51 color photos by Elliot Porter, 12 color plates by G.M. Sutton. Cloth, DJ, lg 4to.

The Birds of Arizona

Allan Phillips

Joe Marshall

Gale Monson

Dramatically presents the changes man, climate, cattle, fire, and other factors have wrought upon the natural landscape within a vertical mile over a large region—the northern Sonoran Desert and the highlands within it and to the east.

The Changing Mile

Turner, Raymond M.

Hastings, James Rodney

Slims stories focus on Northern Gila county - the vast and wild country just below the mogollon rim that zane grey made famous in his prolific fiction. other authors have written great books about Arizona's cattle country but i can honestly state that this book is the best ever written.

COWBOYS UNDER THE MOGOLLON RIM

Ellison, Glenn R. "Slim"

Examines the effects of European expansion on the language, social structure, economy, religion, and self-image of Navajo, Yaqui, Papago, and other native American communities.

Cycles of Conquest: The Impact of Spain, Mexico, and the United States on Indians of the Southwest, 1533-1960

Spicer, Edward H.

CONTENTSINTRODUCTION - CULTURAL FRONTIERSThe Overlapping Conquests of North AmericaThe Indians of Northwestern New Spain About 1600

There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable harm and death to indigenous peoples. But though these diseases were devastating, their impact has been widely exaggerated. Warfare, enslavement, land expropriation, removals, erasure of identity, and other factors undermined Native populations. These factors worked in a deadly cabal with germs to cause epidemics, exacerbate mortality, and curtail population recovery. Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America challenges the “virgin soil” hypothesis that was used for decades to explain the decimation of the indigenous people of North America. This hypothesis argues that the massive depopulation of the New World was caused primarily by diseases brought by European colonists that infected Native populations lacking immunity to foreign pathogens. In Beyond Germs, contributors expertly argue that blaming germs lets Europeans off the hook for the enormous number of Native American deaths that occurred after 1492. Archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians come together in this cutting-edge volume to report a wide variety of other factors in the decline in the indigenous population, including genocide, forced labor, and population dislocation. These factors led to what the editors describe in their introduction as “systemic structural violence” on the Native populations of North America. While we may never know the full extent of Native depopulation during the colonial period because the evidence available for indigenous communities is notoriously slim and problematic, what is certain is that a generation of scholars has significantly overemphasized disease as the cause of depopulation and has downplayed the active role of Europeans in inciting wars, destroying livelihoods, and erasing identities.

Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America (Amerind Studies in Archaeology)

English Words from Latin and Greek Elements

Reference

Ayers, Donald M.

Words, Language & Grammar

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