The Five Cs

"The Five Cs" of Arizona are copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate.  We invite you to learn more about these Cs and how they have shaped Arizona, the nation and the world.

 Mineralogy of Arizona by   Mineralogy of Arizona
"Long awaited by professional geologists and amateur rockhounds alike, the new Mineralogy of Arizona ...
 
 Copper crucible : how the Arizona miners' strike o ... by Rosenblum, Jonathan D., 1958-   Copper crucible : how the Arizona miners' strike of 1983 recast labor-manag ...
Rosenblum, Jonathan D., 1958-
"Jonathan D. Rosenblum describes the resurgence in 1996 and 1997 of union activism at Steelwarkers L ...
 
 Holding the line : women in the great Arizona mine ... by Kingsolver, Barbara   Holding the line : women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983
Kingsolver, Barbara
"Novelist Barbara Kingsolver began her writing career with Holding the Line. It is the story of how ...
 
 Lazy B : growing up on a cattle ranch in the Ameri ... by O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-   Lazy B : growing up on a cattle ranch in the American Southwest
O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
"What was it in Sandra Day O'Connor's background and early life that helped make her the woman she i ...
 
 Good years for the buzzards by Duncklee, John, 1929-   Good years for the buzzards
Duncklee, John, 1929-
"The mid-1950s were good years for the buzzards in Arizona, when the Southwest saw its worst drought ...
 
 The hash knife brand by Tinsley, Jim Bob.   The hash knife brand
Tinsley, Jim Bob.
"Old-time western action and adventure punctuate this history of cowboy life and commerce, the story ...
 
 Not all Okies are white : the lives of Black cotto ... by LeSeur, Geta J.   Not all Okies are white : the lives of Black cotton pickers in Arizona
LeSeur, Geta J.
"Vividly revealing the challenges faced by a group of migrant workers who eventually farmed the mult ...
 
 Homol'ovi : an ancient Hopi settlement cluster by Adams, E. Charles.   Homol'ovi : an ancient Hopi settlement cluster
Adams, E. Charles.
"Beginning sometime in the thirteenth century, people from the Hopi Mesas established a cluster of v ...
 
 Citrus : complete guide to selecting & growing mor ... by Walheim, Lance.   Citrus : complete guide to selecting & growing more than 100 varieties for ...
Walheim, Lance.
Curious about citrus? Written by a leading expert, Citrus is the complete, up-to-date guide for grow ...
 
 A desert gardener's companion by Nelson, Kim.   A desert gardener's companion
Nelson, Kim.
Delightful drawings by noted nature artist Paul Mirocha demonstrate proper planting and pruning tech ...
 
 Arizona water policy : management innovations in a ... by   Arizona water policy : management innovations in an urbanizing, arid region
 
 Biotic communities : southwestern United States an ... by   Biotic communities : southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
"Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizo ...
 
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