MEAD, LAKE

247 sq mi (640 sq km), on the Nev.-Ariz. border, formed by Hoover Dam across the Colorado River. The lake is 115 mi (185 km) long, from 1 to 8 mi (1.6–12.9 km) wide, and 589 ft (180 m) at its maximum depth; it has one of the largest-capacity reservoirs in the United States. Lake Mead, with its 550 mi (885 km) shoreline, is the focal point of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. See National Parks and Monuments (table).

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books on: Mead Lake  - 7493 results

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Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women
Book by Hilary Lapsley; University of Massachusetts Press, 1999
Subjects: Anthropologists--Biography, Benedict, Ruth--1887-1948, Female Friendship, Lesbian Anthropologists--Biography, Mead, Margaret--1901-1978
MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH DENEDICT MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT The Kinship of Women Hilary Lapsley...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lapsley, Hilary. Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: the kingship of women / Hilary Lapsley...
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The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research
Book by Derek Freeman; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Ethnology--Samoan Islands, Impostors and imposture, Mead, Margaret--1901-1978, Women anthropologists--United States--Biography
The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead Derek Freeman in Upolu, Samoa, 1946, with...Gibbings THE FATEFUL HOAXING OF MARGARET MEAD A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan...Derek. The fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead : a historical analysis of her Samoan...
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Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy: Scholarship, Empire, and the South Pacific
Book by Lenora Foerstel, Angela Gilliam; Temple University Press, 1992
Subjects: Anthropology--Government Policy--Oceania, Ethnology--Oceania, Mead, Margaret--1901-1978
Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy Scholarship, Empire, and the South Pacific...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Confronting the Margaret Mead legacy: scholarship, empire, and the South Pacific...
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Margaret Mead: A Biography
Book by Mary Bowman-Kruhm; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Ethnology--Melanesia--Field Work, Mead, Margaret--1901-1978, Melanesia--Social Life And Customs, Women Anthropologists--Melanesia--Biography, Women Anthropologists--United States--Biography
MARGARET MEAD Recent Titles in Greenwood Biographies...Biography Patricia Cronin Marcello MARGARET MEAD A Biography Mary Bowman-Kruhm GREENWOOD...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowman-Kruhm, Mary. Margaret Mead : a biography / Mary Bowman-Kruhm. p...
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The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin, New York: Vascular Plants
Book by Karl M. Wiegand, Arthur J. Eames; Cornell University, 1926
Subjects: Botany--New York (State)--Cayuga Lake
...STATION THE FLORA OF THE CAYUGA LAKE BASIN, NEW YORK VASCULAR PLANTS...Soils of the Cayuga Lake Basin, and their relation to the plants...Affinities of the Cayuga Lake flora 452...
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The Nile Perch in Lake Victoria: Local Responses and Adaptations
Journal article by Robert Pringle; Africa, Vol. 75, 2005
Subjects: Economic conditions--Analysis, Fish industry--Economic aspects, Fish population declines--Control, Fish populations--Control, Fish populations--Thinning, Fisheries--Economic aspects, Lake Victoria--Economic aspects, Lake Victoria--Environmental aspects
...more inclusive. Of course, if Mead (1999: 113) is correct that biological...is the belief of fishermen on Lake Victoria that socio-economic...2000. MacDougall, A. K. 2001. Lake Victoria: casualty of capitalism...Conservation Biology 17 (3): 649-50. Mead, A. T. P. 1999. Sacred balance...
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David G. Mead. an Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, 20th-Century Science Fiction Writer
Journal article by Michael J Tolley; Utopian Studies, Vol. 14, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, 20th-Century Science Fiction Writer (Book)--Book reviews
...creatures; these are presented by Mead, but not fully. Meads work is...need to know that "Persimmon Lake" is mentioned in Araminta Station...write a long review about what Mead does not tell the reader; but...but they are not in Meads book. Mead is not interested in showing...
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Rereading Sex and Temperament: Margaret Mead's Sepik Triptych and Its Ethnographic Critics
Journal article by David Lipset; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 76, 2003
Subjects: Criticism, Culture, Ethnology, Feminism, History, Mead, Margaret (1901-78), Writers
...1991:300). The Tchambuli Mead and Fortune left the Mundugumor...traders who lived on the banks of a lake that was connected to the middle...They returned to take back the lake in 1926, following Australian...which they were empowered, when Mead and Fortune turned up. Every...
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Legends of the Rise and of the Fall: Toward a Poetics of Histories of the Australian Women's Movement
Journal article by Margaret Henderson; CLIO, Vol. 31, 2002
Subjects: Bulbeck, Chilla--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Curthoys, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Feminism--History, Feminist Amnesia: The Wake of Women's Liberation (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kaplan, Gisela--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lake, Marilyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Living Feminism: The Impact of the Women's Movement on Three Generations of Australian Women (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Meagre Harvest: The Australian Women's Movement 1950s-1990s (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...operated, into bolder relief. For example, Lake traces white Australian feminisms attempted...Kaplan and Bulbeck). However, as Jenna Mead comments, "Lakes enthusiasm in covering...traditional frameworks used by Kaplan and Lake to the category Voice, which is obviously...
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The Decline of Welfare in Wisconsin
Journal article by Lawrence M. Mead; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 9, 1999
Subjects: Case management (Social services)--Research, Domestic economic assistance--Research, Welfare economics--Analysis, Welfare--Economic aspects
...individually and in some cases two or three at a time: 1986-94: Green Lake, Menominee, Milwaukee, and Racine. Menominee and Milwaukee were, in population...analyzed using Stata software. JPART 9(1999):4:597-622 Lawrence M. Mead New York University
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magazine articles on: Mead Lake  - 193 results

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Going Down: Climate Change, Water Use Threaten Lake Mead
Magazine article by Sid Perkins; Science News, Vol. 173, February 23, 2008
Subjects: Climate change--Influence, Climatic changes--Influence, Lake Mead--Forecasts and trends, Lake Mead--Protection and preservation, Water consumption--Influence, Water consumption--United States
...Climate Change, Water Use Threaten Lake Mead. by Sid Perkins If climate...theres a 50 percent chance that Lake Mead--one of the southwestern United States...providing water for millions, flow from Lake Mead--the reservoir formed as the Colorado...
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Let the River Run through It
Magazine article by David Brower; Sierra, Vol. 82, March 1997
Subjects: Colorado River--Environmental aspects, Dams--Environmental aspects, Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona--Environmental aspects, Lake Powell--Environmental aspects
...all the water not lost to evaporation or leaks is diverted to users downstream at Lake Mead and below. Lake Meads Hoover Dam can control the Colorado River without Lake Powell and can produce more power if Powells water is stored behind it--saving massive...
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Hot Water: States Need Water like Never before, Which Creates Competition but Also Cooperation
Magazine article by Garry Boulard; State Legislatures, Vol. 34, March 2008
Subjects: Drinking water--Distribution, Drinking water--Supply and demand, Georgia--Political aspects, Lake Lanier--Social aspects, Population growth--Influence, Population growth--Social aspects, Population--Growth, Population--Influence, Population--Social aspects, Water supply--Planning, Water supply--Political aspects, Water supply--Social aspects, Water supply--United States, Water-supply--Planning, Water-supply--Political aspects, Water-supply--Social aspects, Water-supply--United States
...agreeing to a new 20-year plan that allows Nevada, Arizona and California, as part of a drought plan, to store water in Lake Mead for possible later use. It also commits all seven states in the basin to share water shortages and provides incentives...
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2009 Buyer's Guide
Magazine article; Arts & Activities, Vol. 144, January 2009
Subjects: Art supplies, Artists' materials
...AD AB Rd. H, Lake Geneva, WI 53147...Mead, Courthouse Plaza...Commercentre Dr., Lake Forest...BR Rd. H, Lake Geneva, WI 53147...
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2004 Buyer's Guide
Magazine article; Arts & Activities, Vol. 134, January 2004
Subjects: Artists' materials--Directories
...AD AB N3211 County Rd. H, Lake Geneva, WI 53147...Mead, Courthouse Plaza...
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newspaper articles on: Mead Lake  - 317 results

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How'd They Do That? Manmade Wonders Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Leave Visitors Awe-Struck and Full of Questions
Newspaper article by Kathy Rodeghier; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 12, 2006
...That? Manmade Wonders Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Leave Visitors Awe-Struck and Full...the rest, visiting Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, which backs up 110 miles behind...is there a "bathtub ring" around Lake Mead? A. That white band of calcium carbonate...
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Mead Steps Forward for Hoffman
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 30, 2007
...0 to win the inaugural Crystal Lake Central Coaches vs. Cancer Thanksgiving...Hoffman coach Bill Wandro. But Mead also did his part to get everyone...is we want to go downstate," Mead said. "Its not like our goal...second-round playoff loss to Lake Zurich. "I gave them a couple...
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Lewis Nets Murdock, Mead
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 6, 2009
...seniors Labrenthia Murdock of Round Lake and Lauren Mead of Wauconda, to national letters...entered her senior season at Round Lake seventh all-time in scoring. "Labrenthia...an impact player at this level." Mead, a 6-1 forward, averaged 15.8 points...
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Mead Keeps Scoring as Wauconda Defeats NC
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 18, 2008
...42 in North Suburban Prairie Division action Thursday night. Mead made a pair of 3-pointers. The win for Wauconda (9-10, 5-4) was...Chicago was led in scoring by Tatiana Webb with 15 points. Round Lake 59, Marengo 55: The long trip to Marengo was worth it for the...
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Robert A. Mead Formerly of Itasca for 30 Years
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 8, 2008
...for 30 Years. The visitation for Robert A. Mead, 71, of Apple Canyon Lake, will be from 12:30 p.m. until the time of funeral...Itasca. He was the father of Jonathan (Karen) Mead and Brian (Denise) Mead. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mead Lake  - 11 results

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Mead, Lake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEAD, LAKE 247 sq mi (640 sq km), on the Nev.-Ariz...largest-capacity reservoirs in the United States. Lake Mead, with its 550 mi (885 km) shoreline, is the focal point of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. See National...
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA see National Parks and Monuments (table). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Boulder City
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1990 pop. 12,567), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as headquarters...is a year-round tourist center and the headquarters of Lake Mead National Recreation Area (see National Parks and Monuments...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Located in the Stehekin Valley and in the northern part of fjordlike Lake Chelan . Lake Mead RA Ariz., Nev. 1936 1,495,666 (605,745) Lake Mead , formed by Hoover Dam, and Lake Mohave, formed by Davis Dam; the first national recreation...
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Hoover Dam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...regulation, and improved navigation. Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead , the largest reservoir in the United States; water is...acres (162,000 hectares) in Mexico. Hoover Dam is part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area (see National Parks and Monuments...
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