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The Jefferson National Forest : an Appalachian Environmental History.
The highland forests of southwestern Virginia were a sacred land to Native Americans and one they relied upon for sustenance. After European contact, this beautiful country drew successive waves of settlers and visitors, and for a brief yet intense period, industrialists rapaciously exploited its ti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Territorial Designations; Introduction; 1. Prehistoric Southwestern Virginia; 2. Agricultural Settlers; 3. Turnpikes and Romance in the Mountains; 4. Industrial Logging Discovers Appalachia; 5. JNF and the Rise of National Conservation; 6. The Depression Era; 7. World War II and Postwar Transitions; 8. The Mount Rogers National Recreation Area; 9. From Commodity Interests to Ecological Forestry; 10. Cultural Resources; 11. Sacred Land; 12. Old Commons Meets the New; Epilogue.
- Appendix A: Pioneer Forest: A Case Study in Modern Selective Forest Management; Appendix B: Payment in Lieu of Taxes; Appendix C: Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data; Notes; Source Materials; Index.