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Benton Mackaye : Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Creating the North American Landscape SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (481 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801877919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Benton MackayeDDC classification:
  • 333.72092 B
LOC classification:
  • QH31.M137A83 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The MacKaye Inheritance -- 2 From Harvard Yard to the "Primaevial Forest" -- 3 The Education of a Progressive Forester -- 4 Raising Hell -- 5 Reclaiming America's Wild Lands for Work and Play -- 6 Employment and Natural Resources -- 7 Turning Point -- 8 First Steps along the Appalachian Trail -- 9 The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian TrailConference -- 10 The New Exploration -- 11 Trailwork and the "Townless Highway" -- 12 "RP = TH + AT + HT," a Formula for the New Deal -- 13 The Tennessee Valley Authority -- 14 The Wilderness Society -- 15 "Watershed Democracy" -- 16 Wilderness in a Changing World -- 17 "Geotechnics of North America" -- 18 Linking Action with Prophecy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Note On Sources -- Index.
Summary: This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in these subjects.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The MacKaye Inheritance -- 2 From Harvard Yard to the "Primaevial Forest" -- 3 The Education of a Progressive Forester -- 4 Raising Hell -- 5 Reclaiming America's Wild Lands for Work and Play -- 6 Employment and Natural Resources -- 7 Turning Point -- 8 First Steps along the Appalachian Trail -- 9 The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian TrailConference -- 10 The New Exploration -- 11 Trailwork and the "Townless Highway" -- 12 "RP = TH + AT + HT," a Formula for the New Deal -- 13 The Tennessee Valley Authority -- 14 The Wilderness Society -- 15 "Watershed Democracy" -- 16 Wilderness in a Changing World -- 17 "Geotechnics of North America" -- 18 Linking Action with Prophecy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Note On Sources -- Index.

This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in these subjects.

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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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