Symbol of Wilderness - Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement

Informationen zum Autor Mark W. T. Harvey is associate professor of history at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Klappentext Originally published: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, c1994. Zusammenfassung Originally published: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press! c1994. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by William Cronon Preface Acknowledgments The Peculiar Past of a National Monument The Seeds of Controversy Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement "A Mere Millpond" Searching for an Alternate Site Wilderness for a New Generation The Great Evaporation Controversy The Politics of Preservation A Symbol of Wilderness Triumph of the Park System Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Mark W T Harvey, Mark W. T. Harvey, Mark W. T./ Cronon Harvey
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780295998589
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99858-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Cla; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Cla; Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksA Symbol of Wilderness
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous