On Rims & Ridges: The Los Alamos Area Since 1880

New Mexico's Pajarito Plateau encompasses the Bandelier National Monument and the atomic city of Los Alamos. *On Rims and Ridges* throws into stark relief what happens when native cultures and Euro-American commercial interests interact in such a remote area with limited resources. The demands of citizens and institutions have created a form of environmental gridlock more often associated with Manhattan Island than with the semiurban West, writes Hal K. Rothman.