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Heading out : a history of American camping /
Who are the real campers? Through-hiking backpackers traversing the Appalachian Trail? The family in an SUV making a tour of national parks and sleeping in tents at campgrounds? People committed to the RV lifestyle who move their homes from state to state as season and whim dictate? Terence Young wo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | American Institutions and Society
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : roughing it smoothly
- Adventures in the wilderness : William H.H. Murray and the beginning of recreational camping
- The art of camping : roughing it during the decades before automobiles
- Let's hit the motor camping trail : the automobile transforms camping
- The garage in the forest : E.P. Meinecke and the development of the modern autocampground
- Liberalizing the campground : W.J. Trent, Jr. and the struggle against national park segregation
- A clearer picture of this country : trailer camping to discover America
- A renewal of our faith and ideals : backpacking and the Pacific Crest Trail
- Epilogue : the decline and promise of American camping.