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Our Common Ground : A History of America's Public Lands /
The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation's land and manage it primarily for recreation, education and conservation. "A much-needed chronicle of how the American people decided--wisely and democratically--that nearly a third of the nation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One: Public Lands in the Formative Era, 1776-1789
- 1. The Nation's Founding and the Public Lands
- 2. Public Lands and the Ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787
- 3. The U.S. Constitution and the Public Lands
- Part Two: The Public Lands and Nation Building, 1790-1861
- 4. Admitting New States and Acquiring New Territory
- 5. Exploration, Science, and the Appreciation of Nature
- 6. Divesting Public Lands to Build a
- 7. Reservations and Acquisitions of Public Lands
- 8. Public Land Policy in Confusion in the Period Before the Civil War
- Part Three: Plunder and Backlash Feed a Movement for Reserves, 1862-1889
- 9. New Divestment Policies Sow Seeds of a Backlash
- 10. More Giveaways Sow More Seeds of Discontent
- 11. Protecting Public Lands for Inspiration: Yosemite and Yellowstone
- 12. Pillaging Public Lands for Wood, Grass, and Minerals
- 13. Efforts Launched to Protect Public Forest Land
- 14. Moving Beyond "Paper Parks"
- 15. Wildlife Protection Enters the Policy Universe
- 16. The Campaign for Forest Reservations Gains Momentum
- 17. Congress Closes In on Major Reforms
- Part Four: The Great Transition, Phase One, 1890-1901
- 18. Congress Guts Powell's Irrigation Survey and Establishes New National Parks
- 19. Congress Gives the President Broad Authority to Reserve Public Lands
- 20. The First Forest Reserves
- 21. The General Land Office Struggles and Cleveland Spurs Congress into Action
- 22. An Organic Act for the Forest Reserves
- 23. Parks, Forests, and Public Land Policy in the McKinley Administration
- 24. National Authority over Public Lands Expanded and Confirmed
- Part Five: The Great Transition, Phase Two, 1902-1913
- 25. Theodore Roosevelt, Public Lands, and the Reclamation Act
- 26. Forest Reserves Expand in Roosevelt's First Term
- 27. The Forest Service Takes Control of the Forest Reserves
- 28. Roosevelt and Congress Use Public Lands to Protect Wildlife Habitat
- 29. Public Lands, Science, and History: The Antiquities Act
- 30. Roosevelt and National Parks
- 31. Making New Forest Reserves: Congress Challenges the President
- 32. Roosevelt, Public Lands, and Energy Development
- 33. Public Lands in the Handoff from Roosevelt to Taft
- 34. Taft's Undervalued Record on Public Land Conservation
- 35. National Forests Become National with Enactment of the Weeks Act
- 36. Public Lands at the End of the Age of Theodore Roosevelt
- Part Six: Public Land Policy Between the Roosevelts, 1913-1933
- 37. National Parks Take Center Stage
- 38. The National Park System's Early Ye
- 39. The National Forest System Matures and Evolves
- 40. The Forest and Park Services Compete and Cooperate
- 41. Ranchers, Homesteaders, and Energy Developers Compete for Primacy
- 42. The End of the Progressive Era
- 43. Debating the Future of Unreserved Public Lands
- 44. Wildlife Protection Gains Prominence
- 45. Public Lands and Multipurpose Water Development
- Part Seven: Filling in the Gaps in Public Land Policy, 1933-1960
- 46. The Taylor Grazing Act
- 47. National Parks in the New Deal
- 48. A System of Wildlife Refuges Begins to Emerge
- 49. Other New Deal Public Land Policies
- 50. Grazing and Logging the Public Lands in the Postwar Era
- 51. Mineral Policy Developments Onshore and Offshore
- Part Eight: Public Lands in Modern Times, 1961-Present
- 52. The Wilderness Act Reshapes Public Land Policy
- 53. New Labels and New Means of Protecting Public Values in Public Lands
- 54. Making the Modern Bureau of Land Management
- 55. Making the Modern Forest Service
- 56. Charting the Future of Public Lands in Alaska
- 57. Making the Modern U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- 58. Making the Modern National Park Service
- 59. Mineral and Energy Development in the Modern Era
- 60. Public Lands and Native Americans in the Modern Era
- 61. The Politics of Public Lands in the Modern Era: Change or Continuity?
- 62. Public Lands Today
- 63. Public Lands and the Future
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index