Colorado Fourteeners and the nature of place identity

Geographical Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-179

  Blake, Kevin S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Cultural geography; Landscape; Mountain geography; Place identity; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; ICONOGRAPHY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SENSE OF PLACE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942535836     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4140968     Document Type: Review

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