Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream - Establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Informationen zum Autor Harold Jordahl (1926-2010) was professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former chair of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board. Annie Booth is associate professor in the Ecosystem Science and Management Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Klappentext A detailed account of the creation of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Political and bureaucratic twists and turns make this narrative a true recollection of America's and Wisconsin's environmental history as well as its political history. Zusammenfassung Explores the full story behind the effort to preserve the natural beauty of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore for posterity. It describes in detail the political and bureaucratic complexities of the national lakeshore campaign! augmented by personal recollections of the author and those of such prominent figures as Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson and President John F. Kennedy.

Product details

• Authors: Annie L. Booth, Harold C. Jordahl
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2011
• EAN: 9780299281946
• ISBN: 978-0-299-28194-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Wisconsin Land and Life
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous