Vacationland - Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country

William Philpott teaches history at the University of Denver.

Sommario

List of Illustrations

Foreword: At Home and at Play in the High Country by William Cronon

Introduction: Seeing Like a Tourist

1. Selling the Scene

2. The Roads Nature Made?

3. Our Big Backyard

4. Blueprints for Action

5. The John Denver Tenor

Conclusion: How Tourism Took Place

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Info autore

William Philpott teaches history at the University of Denver.

Riassunto

Forces us to consider how profoundly tourism changed Colorado and America and to grapple with both the potential and the problems of our familiar ways of relating to environment, nature, and place

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Philpott, William/ Cronon Philpott
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.08.2013
• EAN: 9780295992730
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99273-0
• Pagine: 488
• Serie: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Vacationland; Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksVacationland
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione