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.