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The Promise of Wilderness : American Environmental Politics Since 1964.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Weyerhaeuser Environmental BksPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (545 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295804224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Promise of WildernessDDC classification:
  • 333.78/20973
LOC classification:
  • WEB
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword - William Cronon -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Wilderness and the Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976 -- 1. Why a Wilderness Act? -- 2. Speaking for Wilderness -- 3. The Popular Politics of Wilderness -- 4. New Environmental Tools for an Old Conservation Issue -- Part Two: The Polarization of American Environmental Politics, 1977-1994 -- 5. Alaska: "The Last Chance to Do It Right the First Time" -- 6. National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics -- 7. The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right -- Part Three: Wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987-2009 -- 8. From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform -- 9. The New Prophets of Wilderness -- 10. The Paths to Public Lands Reform -- Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness Movement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword - William Cronon -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Wilderness and the Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976 -- 1. Why a Wilderness Act? -- 2. Speaking for Wilderness -- 3. The Popular Politics of Wilderness -- 4. New Environmental Tools for an Old Conservation Issue -- Part Two: The Polarization of American Environmental Politics, 1977-1994 -- 5. Alaska: "The Last Chance to Do It Right the First Time" -- 6. National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics -- 7. The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right -- Part Three: Wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987-2009 -- 8. From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform -- 9. The New Prophets of Wilderness -- 10. The Paths to Public Lands Reform -- Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness Movement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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