Mountain Scholar

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Colorado State University, Fort Collins 27502
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Open Textbook Library Archive 25
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University Press of Colorado 1088
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The good quit: mastering the fine art of giving up
(2026) Lockwood, Jeffrey A., author; University of Wyoming Press, publisher
Quitting is a vital and pervasive phenomenon that shapes our lives. The Good Quit is an enlightening and provocative challenge to the common perceptions around the choice to quit. Rather than offering simplistic how-to advice, scientist-turned-philosopher Jeffrey A. Lockwood makes full use of biological, psychological, and social sciences to unpack what constitutes quitting for the right reasons, at the right time, and in the right way, using both fundamental principles and concrete examples. He explores the full range of ways in which quitting can occur in the human experience, including addictions, careers, diets, games, habits, jobs, politics, relationships, religions, sports, and wars. Masterful quitting contributes to genuine success, but this practice nevertheless has been largely overlooked by scholars, teachers, coaches, and leaders. This book is a three-part exploration. In conceptual terms it asks, Is it really quitting if the decision is reversible, involuntary, or partial? In normative terms, it explores whether quitting must be well-reasoned, -timed, and -enacted to be justifiable. In applicable terms, it emphasizes phronesis, or "practical wisdom," and contributes to the understanding that what constitutes quitting, and doing so well, is vital to making decisions about whether to persevere or abandon difficult ventures. Flourishing is more complex than "grit-or-quit" advocates suggest. To thrive, we must come to know why, when, and how to quit. The Good Quit approaches this topic from an expansive and philosophical point of view, making it valuable for anyone contemplating the what, when, why, and how of quitting.
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Posterity is now: practicing museum anthropology, collections care, and collaborative research with Indigenous peoples
(2025) Shannon, Jennifer A., author; University of Wyoming Press, publisher
A handbook providing theoretical and pragmatic guidance for embracing collaborative research and collections care for scholars who want to do research with Tribal communities based on 20 years of teaching and practice in museums and anthropology.--Provided by publisher.
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Designs upon nature: the cultural landscape history of Yellowstone National Park since 1872
(2025) Wyckoff, William K., editor; Byrand, Karl, editor; George F. Thompson Publishing, publisher; University of Wyoming Press, publisher
Designs upon Nature traces how and why the cultural landscapes--the built environment--of America's first national park have evolved since its creation in 1872. Yellowstone National Park will always be defined by its geysers, wild animals, and natural setting, yet visitor experiences in the park are also shaped by the lodges, campgrounds, museums, ranger talks, boardwalks, roads, trails, and viewpoints they encounter. These richly illustrated essays explore the evolution of these cultural features amid this unique natural landscape and explain how they have served ever-changing visitor needs over the past 150 years. Chapters in the book follow the park's traditional "Grand Tour," which often began for visitors at park headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs and then moved on to Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin, the glistening waters of Yellowstone Lake, the unforgettable waterfalls of the Yellowstone River's Grand Canyon, and the western hospitality found at Roosevelt Lodge near Tower Falls. Authors consider how visitor experiences and cultural landscapes within the park have changed dramatically since 1872. Early horseback trips were replaced by an era of railroad tourism and grand hotels. The later arrival of automobiles invited a more casual visitor experience among rustic lodges and campgrounds. Travel accommodations for the twenty-first-century visitor continue to affect cultural landscapes through larger parking lots and further road improvements. The result is indeed a "design upon nature," an engineered imprint upon a wild place that has forever shaped and changed its character. Designs upon Nature is a rich and nuanced narrative that encourages us to see the park in a way we never have before. It is a significant addition to our understanding of Yellowstone and the evolution of the national park idea as seen there--how experiencing wild nature is made possible by human designs upon the land.
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The Sanchez family: Mexican American high school and collegiate wrestlers from Cheyenne, Wyoming
(2025) Iber, Jorge, author; University of Wyoming Press, publisher
The Sanchez Family is a family history detailing the Sanchez family's experiences as immigrants to Wyoming and the ways that their US-born children's interest in wrestling had cascading impacts across generations. By focusing on a sport and a state that have not received much attention, Jorge Iber conveys the importance of athletics as a part of the educational experience of the Latino community. The first members of this particular Sanchez clan arrived in Wyoming during the early decades of the twentieth century. The first-generation American grandchildren of these families—Gilbert, David, Arthur, and Ray—used wrestling to radically alter their social and economic status by attending college with athletic scholarships, graduating, and moving on to professional, middle-class careers. Subsequent generations of the family followed their fathers and uncles to the mats at various institutions, also going on to earn degrees and enter professional occupations. Indeed, Iber contends that wrestling became the family's "business," the mechanism by which the Sanchezes extricated themselves from Cheyenne's working class. Revealing a previously unstudied aspect of Mexican American life in the state, The Sanchez Family sheds light on another vehicle for the educational, social, and economic advancement of Latinos in other parts of the United States. The first book to examine the role of wrestling in the lives of Mexican Americans, it serves as a foundational text for Latino studies of sports and constructing racial counterscripts.
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Shakespeare and violence prevention: a practical handbook for educators
(2025) Giguere, Amanda, author; University of Wyoming Press, publisher
This handbook explores the potential for Shakespeare's plays to address public health issues of youth & violence. It offers entry points, research, and practical experiences to align a violence prevention curriculum modeled after work of an outreach program created at CU Boulder.--Provided by publisher.