Sonora: Its Geographical Personality

by Robert C. West

Book Overview

A land where some streams ran with gold. A landscape nearly empty of inhabitants in the wake of Apache raids from the north. And a former desert transformed by irrigation into vast fields of wheat and cotton. This was and is the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico.

In this cultural historical geography, Robert C. West explores the dual geographic "personality" of this part of Mexico's northern frontier. Utilizing the idea of "old" and "new"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292722583
• ISBN13: 9780292722583
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"