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Wilderness in National Parks : Playground or Preserve.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295990392
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wilderness in National ParksDDC classification:
  • 333.78/2160973
LOC classification:
  • QH76 -- .M53 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Wilderness and the Origins of National Parks -- 2. Wilderness and the New Agency -- 3. Wilderness Becomes an Issue for the Park Service -- 4. Preservation of the Primeval in the Post-Mather Era -- 5. More Ferment and Expansion -- 6. From the War to Director Wirth -- 7. The Drive for a Wilderness Act -- 8. A Hesitant Start at Implementation -- 9. Wilderness Reviews Reluctantly Completed -- 10. Wilderness in Alaska -- 11. A New Sort of National Park Wilderness -- 12. Park Wilderness after the Reviews -- 13. The Work Continues -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Wilderness and the Origins of National Parks -- 2. Wilderness and the New Agency -- 3. Wilderness Becomes an Issue for the Park Service -- 4. Preservation of the Primeval in the Post-Mather Era -- 5. More Ferment and Expansion -- 6. From the War to Director Wirth -- 7. The Drive for a Wilderness Act -- 8. A Hesitant Start at Implementation -- 9. Wilderness Reviews Reluctantly Completed -- 10. Wilderness in Alaska -- 11. A New Sort of National Park Wilderness -- 12. Park Wilderness after the Reviews -- 13. The Work Continues -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.

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