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America's National Park System : The Critical Documents.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (507 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442256842
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: America's National Park SystemDDC classification:
  • 333.78/30973
LOC classification:
  • E160.A579 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Chapter One. The Early Years: 1864-1918 -- Chapter Two. Defining the System: 1919-1932 -- Chapter Three. The New Deal Years: 1933-1941 -- Chapter Four. The Poverty Years: 1942-1956 -- Chapter Five. Questions of Resource Management: 1957-1963 -- Chapter Six. The Ecological Revolution: 1964-1969 -- Chapter Seven. Transformation and Expansion: 1970-1980 -- Chapter Eight. A System Threatened: 1981-1996 -- Chapter Nine. Toward a Second Century: 1997-2015 -- Appendix A. Summaries of Lengthy Documents -- Appendix B. Significant Court Rulings and Opinion -- Index -- About the Editor.
Summary: Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Chapter One. The Early Years: 1864-1918 -- Chapter Two. Defining the System: 1919-1932 -- Chapter Three. The New Deal Years: 1933-1941 -- Chapter Four. The Poverty Years: 1942-1956 -- Chapter Five. Questions of Resource Management: 1957-1963 -- Chapter Six. The Ecological Revolution: 1964-1969 -- Chapter Seven. Transformation and Expansion: 1970-1980 -- Chapter Eight. A System Threatened: 1981-1996 -- Chapter Nine. Toward a Second Century: 1997-2015 -- Appendix A. Summaries of Lengthy Documents -- Appendix B. Significant Court Rulings and Opinion -- Index -- About the Editor.

Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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