Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range

William deBuys

This unusual book is a complete account of the closely linked natural and human history of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, a region unique in its rich combination of ecological and cultural diversity.

". . . admirably makes his way through the events that have led to an uneasy compromise between traditional residents and the forest Service." --Journal of Forest History

"No one is going to call William deBuys ?an armchair traveler' or, worse, ?a bloodless scholar.' He knows the mountains and their residents as intimately as he knows his primary and secondary sources. This personal experience, along with numerous maps and pictures, brings the place to life." --Environmental Review

"Treating the Sangre de Cristo mountain range . . . from geologic, historic, ethnographic, and ecological points of view, William deBuys has written an eloquent, elegant, and continually informative book." --New York Review of Books

William deBuys is professor of documentary studies, College of Santa Fe, and the author of numerous books on the West.

6 x 9 416 pages 69 halftones, 2 line drawings, 8 maps