Tucson a Short History

by Polzer, Charles W.

• ISBN13: 9780915076116
• ISBN10: 091507611X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-09-01
• Publisher: Southwestern Mission Res Ctr

Summary

Question: How do you write a short history about the longest continuously occupied community in the United States? Answer: You don't. You ask the experts to characterize the past with a profound hope its strengths will live into the future. The persons who have crafted this book are all Tucsonans. None were born here, but all call it home. However this book will be described by those who read it, it is not a book-by-committee but a book-by-consensus. Tucson, we believe, is too subtle to be encompassed by a single mind, too important to succumb to plastic modernity. Tucson is as Tucson was. And Tucson will only be if it recognizes and remembers the strength of its delicate desert setting."-- The Authors Tucson: A Short Historyfocuses on the timeless character and multi-cultural heritage of a southwestern city. It tells the story of what the place is by nature, and what it has become by the presence of man. Its authors treat the environment sensitively, they explore its prehistory, and they describe Tucson's plural cultures through time. This heavily illustrated volume is a statement about a singular community with a hope that its past qualities will endure as the city experiences huge surges in development. ContentsThe Lead Cross Caper/ Charles W. PolzerAncients & Archaeologists/ Thomas H. NaylorBlackrobes, Black Springs, & Beyond/ Charles W. PolzerEnemies & Allies/ Thomas E. SheridanSonorenses, Tucsonenses/ Thomas E. SheridanTerritorial Times/ Charles W. PolzerClouds, Spires, & Spines/ Tony L. Burgess & Martha Ames BurgessImages of Tucson--Past & Present/ compiled by A. Tracy RowDistributed for the Southwest Mission Research Center.