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Fire On The Mountain: Growth And Conflict In Colorado Ski Country, Michael W. Childers
Fire On The Mountain: Growth And Conflict In Colorado Ski Country, Michael W. Childers
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This dissertation examines the environmental, economic, and cultural conflicts over the private development of ski resorts in Colorado's National Forests between 1910 and 2000. Downhill skiing emerged as an increasingly popular winter activity during the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in western state such as Colorado. A part of the a larger outdoor recreational boom throughout the United States' during the interwar years, downhill skiing challenged the Forest Service's ability to meeting the public's growing appetite for year-round recreational opportunities. These challenges increased following World War II as the nation's growing population and affluence drew millions to their …
Preserving The Past And Planning The Future In Pasadena, Riverside And San Bernardino, Charles Conway Palmer
Preserving The Past And Planning The Future In Pasadena, Riverside And San Bernardino, Charles Conway Palmer
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This study examines how three Southern California cities—Pasadena, Riverside and San Bernardino—used the processes of urban renewal and historic preservation as development strategies for their downtown business districts. The ways in which these processes were employed has both reflected and shaped the cities‘ evolving definitions of community. These ideas of community were both inclusive and exclusive, favoring certain ethnicities and cultural practices over others to advance a particular civic image. The case studies are representative of cities in the region that are ―other than Los Angeles; those founded in the nineteenth-century after the Spanish and Mexican periods, but prior to …