Main entry:

Runte, Alfred, 1947-

Title & Author:

National parks : the American experience / Alfred Runte.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]

Description:

xxiii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.
Prologue : the heritage of achievement and indifference -- Catalysts : nationalism, art, and the American West -- Monumentalism reaffirmed : the Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- New parks, enduring perspectives -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard bearers -- Familiar themes, traditional battles, and a new seriousness -- Management in transition -- Ideals and controversies of expansion -- Decision in Alaska -- Epilogue : national parks for the future : encirclement and uncertainty.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0803289634 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780803289635 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

National parks and reserves United States History.
Parcs nationaux États-Unis Histoire.
Parcs nationaux.
Réserves naturelles.
National parks and reserves
Nationalpark
National parks and reserves United States.
Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200031
Call No.: E160.R78 1997
Status: Available