University Press Of Colorado: 252 books
Risk Communication and Miscommunication
Case Studies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Government, and Community Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Effective communication can help prevent or minimize damage from environmental disasters. In Risk Communication and Miscommunication, Carolyn Boiarsky teaches students, technical writers, public affairs officers, engineers, scientists, and governmental officials the writing and communication skills...
Parallel Worlds
Genre, Discourse, and Poetics in Contemporary, Colonial, and Classic Maya Literature
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Despite recent developments in epigraphy, ethnopoetics, and the literary investigation of colonial and modern materials, few studies have compared glyphic texts and historic Maya literatures. Parallel Worlds examines Maya writing and literary traditions from the Classic period until today, revealing...
Transient Landscapes
Insights on a Changing Planet
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Landscape—the unique combination of landforms, plants, animals, and weather that compose any natural place—is inherently transient. Each essay in Transient Landscapes introduces this idea of a constantly metamorphosing global landscape, revealing how to see the ubiquity of landscape transience,...
Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World
Navigating Symbolism, Meaning, and Significance
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Rock art has long been considered an archaeological artifact reflecting activities from the past, yet it is also a phenomenon with present-day meaning and relevance to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World challenges traditional ways of thinking...
by Jack P. Hailman, Elizabeth D. Hailman
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2003
Hiking Circuits in Rocky Mountain National Park is the first guide dedicated entirely to the loop trails of Rocky Mountain National Park, trails that return hikers to their starting point without the necessity of retracing steps or walking on roads. Having explored the park extensively for over 30...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Lithic Technologies in Sedentary**Societies examines lithic technology from ancient societies in Mesoamerica, the Near East, South Asia, and North America, showcasing the important contributions in-depth lithic analysis can make to the study of sedentary societies around the world. Using cutting-edge...
A Roof Over My Head, Second Edition
Homeless Women and the Shelter Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Based upon extensive ethnographic data, “A Roof Over My Head” examines the lives of homeless women who cope with domestic violence, low-income housing shortages, and poverty. The author draws upon interviews with homeless women, interviews with housed people, and, finally, evaluations of shelter...
Riding the High Wire
Aerial Mine Tramways in the West
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2001
Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs...
Black Hills Forestry
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The first study focused on the history of the Black Hills National Forest, its centrality to life in the region, and its preeminence within the National Forest System, Black Hills Forestry is a cultural history of the most commercialized national forest in the nation.
One of the first forests...
Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace
Conservative Women and the Crusade against Communism
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2008
In Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace, Mary Brennan examines conservative women's anti-communist activism in the years immediately after World War II.
Brennan details the actions and experiences of prominent anti-communists Jean Kerr McCarthy, Margaret Chase Smith, Freda Utley, Doloris Thauwald...
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
Early Commemorations and the Origins of the National Historic Trail
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
Although it was 1806 when Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis after their journey across the country, it was not until 1905 that they were celebrated as national heroes. In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark examines how public attitudes toward their explorations and the means of commemorating them...
The Myth of Quetzalcoatl
Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin’s 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this work has not...
Into the Night
Tales of Nocturnal Wildlife Expeditions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden world of nocturnal wildlife. Into the Night explores the harrowing, fascinating, amusing, and largely unheard personal experiences...
Deep Freeze
The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of science, decades after the first explorers planted flags in the ice.
In the tense...