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A Symbol of Wilderness : Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics SeriesPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (401 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295803531
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Symbol of WildernessDDC classification:
  • 978.812
LOC classification:
  • WEB
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword - Wiliam Cronon -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Peculiar Past of a National Monument -- 2. The Seeds of Controversy -- 3. Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement -- 4. "A Mere Millpond -- 5. Searching for an Alternate Site -- 6. Wilderness for a New Generation -- 7. The Great Evaporation Controversy -- 8. The Politics of Preservation -- 9. A Symbol of Wilderness -- 10. Triumph for the Park System -- 11. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword - Wiliam Cronon -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Peculiar Past of a National Monument -- 2. The Seeds of Controversy -- 3. Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement -- 4. "A Mere Millpond -- 5. Searching for an Alternate Site -- 6. Wilderness for a New Generation -- 7. The Great Evaporation Controversy -- 8. The Politics of Preservation -- 9. A Symbol of Wilderness -- 10. Triumph for the Park System -- 11. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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