The State Park Movement in America : A Critical Review.

Intro -- Contents -- The Need for State Parks -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Parks Americana -- The Nature of Parks -- The States Begin to Stir -- The Momentum Builds -- Coalescence -- A State Park Every Hundred Miles -- Dubious Progress -- An Unexpected Boon -- Recovery and Beyond -- A Major Interruption -- The Continuing Search for Direction -- A New Era of Federal-State Cooperation -- Signs of Maturity -- A Look behind the Scenes -- Anything Goes -- Looking to the Future -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliog aphy -- Index.

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