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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources M. Kat Anderson
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
M. Kat Anderson
Demonstrates, what John Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning.
558 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 3 maps, 12 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 10, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520280434 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 558 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 225 × 41 mm · 852 g |
| Language | English |