National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., c2010.Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 307 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cmISBN:- 1589794737 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1589794753 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781589794733 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781589794757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 973 R943 | Available | 33111006292631 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this lavishly illustrated book well-known environmental historian Alfred Runte, a prominent figure on the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, tells the highly engaging story of the development of our national parks, from the first national park, Yellowstone, to the more recent decision to set aside vast tracts of Alaska for preservation.
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.