Great Smokies - From Natural Habitat to National Park

Informationen zum Autor Daniel S. Pierce teaches in the department of history and the humanities program at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and is a contributor to The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Klappentext Seeking a taste of unspoiled wilderness! more than nine million people visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Daniel S. Pierce explores how park supporters set about raising money to buy the land! and describes the fierce infighting between wilderness advocates and tourism boosters over the shape the park would take. He also discloses the unfortunate human cost of the park's creation: the displacement of the area's inhabitants.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel S Pierce, Daniel S. Pierce
• Publisher: Univeristy of Tennessee Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2014
• EAN: 9781621901648
• ISBN: 978-1-62190-164-8
• No. of pages: 279
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Geschichte des Sports, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, History - U.S., USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)