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National parks : the American experience
- Title
- National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte.
- Author
- Runte, Alfred, 1947-
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | E160 .R78 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 227-230.
- Contents
- Preface -- Prologue: the heritage of achievement and indifference -- Catalysts: nationalism and the American West -- Monumentalism reaffirmed: the Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- New parks, enduring perspectives -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard bearers -- Epilogue: familiar trends and a new seriousness -- Notes.
- Illustrations: Teton Mountains and Snake River / Ansel Adams -- Monumentalism: Devils Tower; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone -- Railroads and the National Parks: Tourists in Yellowstone; Stephen T. Mather; Gardiner, Montana, entrance to Yellowstone -- Catering to tourists: Theodore Roosevelt at Wawona Tunnel Tree; Touring car at Old Faithful Inn; Going-to-the-Sun Highway; Dedication of Going-to-the-Sun Highway; West Yellowstone, Montana; Deer begging in Yellowstone; Snowmobilists at Old Faithful; Removing debris from Blue Star Spring, Yellowstone; Bear show, Yellowstone.
- ISBN
- 0803238525
- 9780803238527
- LCCN
- 79001431
- OCLC
- ocm04665114
- 4665114
- SCSB-302191
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library