Dispossessing the Wilderness - Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

Zusatztext Adding to recent scholarship exploring the cultural construction of nature, this succinct study opens up new areas of research in park service scholarship and paves the way for a more comprehensive study of the role and place of Native Americans in the national parks Informationen zum Autor Mark David Spence is Assistant Professor of History at Knox College, Illinois. Zusammenfassung Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.

Summary

Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.

Product details

• Authors: Mark David Spence, Spence Mark David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2000
• EAN: 9780195142433
• ISBN: 978-0-19-514243-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, Cultural Studies, GARDENING / Garden Design, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Indigenous Peoples, Garden design & planning, Environmental Management, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Garden design and planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans