1st Edition

Wyoming A Geography

By Robert H Brown Copyright 1980
    426 Pages
    by Routledge

    426 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is a study of the historical, environmental, cultural, and organizational geography of Wyoming. Although concerned with the spectrum of economic, political, and social functions and activities, Dr. Brown emphasizes the political realm and submits that what people do with and on the landscape is almost entirely the result of institutional decis

    Preface -- Space, Location, and Ownership -- Political Organization -- Population Dynamics -- Sequential Occupance -- Natural Resources and Natural Hazards -- Cultural Resources and Cultural Landscapes -- Agricultural Activities -- Extractive Industries -- Recreation and Tourism -- Manufacturing Activities -- Transportation and Communication Systems -- Settlements and the Central Place System -- Social Organization -- Quality of Life

    Biography

    "Robert Harold Brown is professor of geography at the University of Wyoming and has previously been the head of the Department of Geography at both St. Cloud State College and the University of Wyoming. He is the author of several books and articles including Wyoming Occupance Atlas (DEPAD, 1970) and “Wyoming” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1974). "