Tangled Roots : The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics.
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TextSeries: Weyerhaeuser Environmental BksPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (277 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780295804880
- Trails -- Public use -- Appalachian Trail -- History
- Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Nature conservation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Appalachian Trail -- History
- 363.700973
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Tortuous Path Toward Public-Private Partnership -- Chapter 1. A Progressive Footpath -- Chapter 2. The Path of Least Resistance -- Chapter 3. Federalizing America's Foot Trails -- Chapter 4. Fallout From Federalization -- Chapter 5. Acquiring the Corridor -- Chapter 6. The Appalachian Trail and the Rise of the New Right -- Conclusion: Hiking Through History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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