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Natural museums : U.S. national parks, 1872-1916 /
In 1872, the world's first national park was founded at Yellowstone. Although ideas of nature conservation were not embraced generally by the American public, five more parks were created before the turn of the century. By 1916, the year that the National Park Service was born, the country coul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : before the National Park Service
- Origins of an idea : Hot Springs Reservation
- A worthless wonderland : Yellowstone National Park
- The "Gem of the straits" becomes a national park : Mackinac Island
- Nature's majestic marvels : Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant
- Natural gems or inferior parks? : Wind Cave, Sullys Hill, and Platt
- "That future generations may know the majesty of the earth" : the establishment of the National Park Service, and conclusions.