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The Colorado State Capitol
History, Politics, Preservation
University Press of Colorado
As the representative building of the state, the Capitol has served as a silent witness to the evolving needs and interests of all Colorado citizens. The statehouse provided a proud testament for nineteenth-century Coloradoans who wanted to prove their state's potential through grand architecture and it represents "the heart of Colorado" to this day.
In one comprehensive volume historian Derek Everett traces the establishment, planning, construction, and history of Colorado's state capitol - including a discussion on the importance of restoring and preserving the building for current and future generations of Coloradoans.
New Mexico and the Pimería Alta
The Colonial Period in the American Southwest
Edited by John G. Douglass and William Graves
University Press of Colorado
Focusing on the two major areas of the Southwest that witnessed the most intensive and sustained colonial encounters, New Mexico and the Pimería Alta compares how different forms of colonialism and indigenous political economies resulted in diverse outcomes for colonists and Native peoples. Taking a holistic approach and studying both colonist and indigenous perspectives through archaeological, ethnohistorical, historical, and landscape data, contributors examine how the processes of colonialism played out in the American Southwest.
Identity, Development, and the Politics of the Past
An Ethnography of Continuity and Change in a Coastal Ecuadorian Community
By Daniel Bauer
University Press of Colorado
Combining personal narrative and ethnography, Identity, Development, and the Politics of the Past examines cultural change in a rural Ecuadorian fishing village where the community has worked to stake claim to an Indigenous identity in the face of economic, social, and political integration.
Unitary Caring Science
Philosophy and Praxis of Nursing
By Jean Watson
University Press of Colorado
Jean Watson posits Unitary Caring Science for the evolved Caritas-conscious practitioner and scholar.
The Geysers of Yellowstone, Fifth Edition
University Press of Colorado
The most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to the geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
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"The Touch of Civilization"
Comparing American and Russian Internal Colonization
By Steven Sabol
University Press of Colorado
The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey
The Economic and Social Dynamics of Mass Hunting
Edited by Kristen A. Carlson and Leland C. Bement
University Press of Colorado
Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey explores the social and functional aspects of large-scale hunting adaptations in the archaeological record. Mass-kill hunting strategies are ubiquitous in human prehistory and exhibit culturally specific economic, social, environmental, and demographic markers. Here, seven case studies—primarily from the Americas and spanning from the Folsom period on the Great Plains to the ethnographic present in Australia—expand the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms within which large-scale hunting adaptations evolved.
Leisure and Death
An Anthropological Tour of Risk, Death, and Dying
University Press of Colorado
This anthropological study examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practices are used to meditate upon—and mediate—life. Considering travelers who seek enjoyment but encounter death and dying, tourists who accidentally face their own mortality while vacationing, those who intentionally seek out pleasure activities that pertain to mortality and risk, and those who use everyday leisure practices like social media or dogwalking to cope with death, Leisure and Death delves into one of the most provocative subsets of contemporary cultural anthropology.
Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains
Edited by Andrew Clark and Douglas Bamforth
University Press of Colorado
In Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains, anthropologists who study sites across the Plains critically examine regional themes of warfare from pre-Contact and post-Contact periods and assess how war shaped human societies of the region.
Season of Terror
The Espinosas in Central Colorado, March–October 1863
University Press of Colorado
Season of Terror is the first book-length treatment of the little-known true story of the Espinosas—serial murderers with a mission to kill every Anglo in Civil War–era Colorado Territory—and the men who brought them down.
Jeannette Rankin
A Political Woman
By James J. Lopach and Jean A. Luckowski
University Press of Colorado
Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, stands tall among American icons. The representative from Montana won her seat at a time when women didn't have the right to vote in most states. Her firm stances inspired both admiration and fury across party lines, and she gained nearly canonical status among feminists and pacifists. In Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman, James Lopach and Jean Luckowski demythologize Rankin, showing her to be a talented, driven, and deeply divided woman.
Life beyond the Boundaries
Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American Southwest
Edited by Karen Harry and Sarah A. Herr
University Press of Colorado
Life beyond the Boundaries explores identity formation on the edges of the ancient Southwest. Focusing on some of the more poorly understood regions, including the Jornada Mogollon, the Gallina, and the Pimería Alta, the authors use methods drawn from material culture science, anthropology, and history to investigate themes related to the construction of social identity along the perimeters of the American Southwest.
Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Edited by Edward Swenson and Andrew Roddick
University Press of Colorado
Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes explores archaeological approaches to temporalities, social memory, and constructions of history in the pre-Columbian Andes. The authors examine a range of indigenous temporal experiences and ideologies, including astronomical, cyclical, generational, eschatological, and mythical time.
A History of Mortgage Banking in the West
Financing America's Dreams
University Press of Colorado
Part economic history, part public history, A History of Mortgage Banking in the West is an insider’s account of how the mortgage banking sector worked over the last 150 years, including analysis of the causes of the 2007 mortgage crisis. Beginning with the land and railroad development acts that encouraged settlement in the west, E. Michael Rosser and Diane M. Sanders trace the laws, institutions, and individuals that contributed to the economic growth of the region.
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala
Edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice
University Press of Colorado
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala is the first exhaustively detailed and thorough account of the Itzas—a Maya group that dominated much of the western lowland area of tropical forest, swamps, and grasslands in Petén, Guatemala.
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