The paradox of preservation : wilderness and working landscapes at Point Reyes National Seashore /

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"Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The Paradox of Preservation chronicles how national ideals about what a park 'ought to be�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watt, Laura Alice, 1966- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Lowenthal, David (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
United States. > National Park Service.
United States. > National Park Service
Natural resources conservation areas > California > Point Reyes Peninsula > Management.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Natural resources conservation areas > Management
Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.)
California > Point Reyes National Seashore
California > Point Reyes Peninsula
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a management controversy at Point Reyes
  • Landscapes, preservation, and the National Park ideal
  • Making public parks from private lands
  • Acquisition and its alternatives
  • Parks as (potential) wilderness
  • Remaking the landscape
  • Reassertion of the park ideal
  • The politics of preservation
  • Conclusion : Point Reyes as a Leopoldian Park.

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