Windshield Wilderness - Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington''s National Parks

Informationen zum Autor David Louter. Foreword by William Cronon Klappentext New in Paperback--David Louter explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. He traces the history of Washington State's national parks--Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades--and considers what it means to view parks from the road and through a windshield. Zusammenfassung Explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks! and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. This book argues that National parks did not develop as places set aside from the modern world! but rather came to be known and appreciated through technological progress in the form of cars and roads. Inhaltsverzeichnis Maps Foreword by William Cronon Acknowledgments Introduction: Nature as We See It 1. Glaciers and Gasoline: Mount Rainier as a Windshield Wilderness 2. The Highway in Nature: Mount Rainier and the National Park Service 3. Wilderness with a View: Olympic and the New Roadless Park 4. A Road Runs Through It: A Wilderness Park for the North Cascades 5. Wilderness Threshold: North Cascades and a New Concept of National Parks Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: David Louter
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2006
• EAN: 9780295986067
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98606-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Windshield Wilderness; Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWindshield Wilderness
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education