On the Edge
On the Edge
About this book
""Explores the challenges in the Southwest of learning how to live within a complex natural system while grasping the borderland's historical and environmental frameworks. Investigates the human place in an ecosystem that burns easily and floods often and defies efforts to develop its foothills, canyons, and washes"--Provided by publisher"--
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- OL Work ID
- OL21051118W
Subjects
Emigration and immigrationMexican-american border regionUnited states, politics and governmentNatureNatural areasEffect of human beings onNatural historyEnvironmental conditionsSocial conditionsHuman ecologyNATURE / EssaysEssays