Preserving nature in the national parks : a history : with a new preface and epilogue /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sellars, Richard West, 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997.
Temas:
United States. > National Park Service > History.
United States. > National Park Service
National parks and reserves > United States > Management > History.
Nature conservation > United States > History.
Natural resources > United States > Management > History.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis > Gestion > Histoire.
Nature > Conservation > États-Unis > Histoire.
National parks and reserves > Management
Natural resources > Management
Nature conservation
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface to the 2009 Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Creating Tradition: The Roots of National Park Management
  • Growth of the National Park Concept
  • Resorts, Spas, and Early National Parks
  • The Management of Nature
  • Chapter 2 Codifying Tradition: The National Park Service Act of 1916
  • Advocates and Opponents
  • The Statement of Purpose
  • A Utilitarian Act
  • Chapter 3 Perpetuating Tradition: The National Parks under Stephen T. Mather, 1916â€?1929
  • Building Park Service Leadership
  • A Formal Policy and a Bureaucratic RivalryAppropriate and Inappropriate Park Development
  • Deletions and Additions of Park Lands
  • Nature Management
  • The Predator Problem
  • Popular Wildlife Species
  • Forest Management
  • Ecological Concerns and Mather's Leadership
  • Utilitarian Aesthetics and National Park Management
  • Chapter 4 The Rise and Decline of Ecological Attitudes, 1929â€?1940
  • Park Service Leadership and the Wildlife Biologists
  • Conflict over Park Development
  • Biological Research
  • Rangelands and the Grazing Species
  • Predators
  • FishForests
  • Expanding Park Service Programs
  • New Deal Impacts on the Park Service
  • Declining Influence of the Wildlife Biologists
  • Chapter 5 The War and Postwar Years, 1940â€?1963
  • Wartime and Postwar Pressures
  • Natural Resource Issues under Drury and Wirth
  • The Status of Wildlife Biology
  • The Road to Mission 66
  • Mission 66
  • Changes in Wilderness and Recreation Programs
  • The Public Hunting Crisis and a New Look at National Parks
  • Chapter 6 Science and the Struggle for Bureaucratic Power: The Leopold Era, 1963â€?1981
  • Mission 66 and Parkscape U.S.A.The Leopold and National Academy Reports
  • The Pursuit of Bureaucratic Power
  • Environmental Legislation and Change
  • Policiesâ€?New and Old
  • Natural Regulation and Elk
  • Grizzly Bears
  • Forests
  • Exotic Species
  • The State of the Parks Reports
  • Chapter 7 A House Divided: The National Park Service and Environmental Leadership
  • Building an Environmental Record
  • The Vail Agenda
  • National Park Service Culture and Recreational Tourism
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
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