National parks : the American experience /
Runte, Alfred, 1947-
National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte. - 4th ed. - Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., c2010. - xviii, 307 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Paradise lost -- The American West -- Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- The march of monumentalism -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard-bearers -- Tradition triumphant -- The lesson of the big trees -- Ideals and controversies of expansion -- Decision in Alaska -- Into the twenty-first century : encirclement and uncertainty -- Epilogue: The future of national parks.
1589794737 (cloth : alk. paper) 1589794753 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781589794733 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781589794757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009043910
National parks and reserves--History.--United States
National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte. - 4th ed. - Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., c2010. - xviii, 307 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Paradise lost -- The American West -- Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- The march of monumentalism -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard-bearers -- Tradition triumphant -- The lesson of the big trees -- Ideals and controversies of expansion -- Decision in Alaska -- Into the twenty-first century : encirclement and uncertainty -- Epilogue: The future of national parks.
1589794737 (cloth : alk. paper) 1589794753 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781589794733 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781589794757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009043910
National parks and reserves--History.--United States