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BL
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1018929
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b773299
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Neumann, Mark.
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| Title & Author
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On the rim : : looking for the Grand Canyon /\ Mark Neumann.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©1999.
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1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0816687315
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: 9780816687312
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0816627843
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0816627851
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9780816627844
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9780816627851
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Nostalgic Theater of the West; 2. A Cultural Abyss; 3. Framing the American Masterpiece; 4. Managing a View; 5. Fantasy Trails across Popular Terrain; 6. The Depths of Time; 7. Making and Breaking the Scene; Notes; Index.
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| Abstract
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Why do nearly five million people travel to the Grand Canyon each year? Mark Neumann answers this question with a book as compelling as the panoramic vistas of the canyon. In On the Rim, he describes how the Grand Canyon became an internationally renowned tourist attraction and cultural icon, and delves into the meanings the place holds for the individuals who live, work, and travel there. "In the chasm's dizzying depths and flamboyant displacement of solid ground, as well as in the perceptions of those drawn there-explorers and day-trippers, employees and outlaws, artists and fast-buck artist.
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Landscapes-- Social aspects-- Arizona-- Grand Canyon.
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Landscapes-- Arizona-- Grand Canyon-- Psychological aspects.
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Tourism-- Social aspects-- Arizona-- Grand Canyon.
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Tourism-- Arizona-- Grand Canyon-- Psychological aspects.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- General.
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Landscapes-- Psychological aspects.
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Landscapes-- Social aspects.
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Tourism-- Psychological aspects.
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Tourism-- Social aspects.
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TRAVEL-- Budget.
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TRAVEL-- Hikes Walks.
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TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL-- Parks Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL-- Reference.
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TRAVEL-- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Adventure.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Ecotourism.
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Travel.
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Reizen.
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Toerisme.
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Description and travel.
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Arizona, Grand Canyon.
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| Dewey Classification
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917.91/320453
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| LC Classification
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F788.N47 1999eb
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