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National parks : the American experience /

Runte, Alfred, 1947-

National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte. - 4th ed. - Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2010. - xviii, 307 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-296) and index.

Prologue: Paradise lost -- The American West -- Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- The march of monumentalism -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard-bearers -- Tradition triumphant -- The lesson of the big trees -- Ideals and controversies of expansion -- Decision in Alaska -- Into the twenty-first century : encirclement and uncertainty -- Epilogue: The future of national parks.

ISBN: 9781589794733 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781589794757 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589794737 (cloth : alk. paper) 1589794753 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781589794740 (electronic) 1589794745 (electronic)

LCCN: 2009043910

Subjects--Topical Terms:
National parks and reserves--History.--United States
National parks and reserves.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: E160 / .R78 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 973

National Agricultural Library Call No.: E160 / .R78 2010