Tangled Roots - The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics

Sarah Mittlefehldt is assistant professor of environmental studies at Green Mountain College.

List of contents

Foreword by William Cronon¿

Acknowledgments¿

Introduction

The Tortuous Path toward

Public-Private Partnership¿

1. A Progressive Footpath¿

2. The Path of Least Resistance¿

3. Federalizing America's Foot Trails¿

4. Fallout from Federalization

5. Acquiring the Corridor¿

6. The Appalachian Trail and the Rise of the New Right¿

Conclusion

Hiking through History

Notes¿

Selected Bibliography¿

Index

About the author

Sarah Mittlefehldt is assistant professor of environmental studies at Green Mountain College.

Summary

The Appalachian Trail, a thin ribbon of wilderness running through the densely populated eastern United States, offers a refuge from modern society and a place apart from human ideas and institutions. In this book, the author tells the story of the trail's creation.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Mittlefehldt, Sarah L. Mittlefehldt, Sarah L./ Cronon Mittlefehldt
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9780295994307
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99430-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics