Benton MacKaye : Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Anderson, Larry, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Edición:Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
MacKaye, Benton, > 1879-1975.
Regional planners.
Conservationists.
Regional planners > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
United States > Appalachian Trail.
United States.
Appalachian Trail > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Expedition 9"
  • The MacKaye inheritance, 1879-1896
  • From Harvard Yard to the "primaevial forest," 1896-1903
  • The education of a progressive forester, 1903-1911
  • Raising hell, 1911-1915
  • Reclaiming America's wild lands for work and play, 1915-1916
  • Employment and natural resources, 1917-1919
  • Turning point, 1919-1921
  • First steps along the Appalachian Trail, 1921-1923
  • The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian Trail Conference, 1923-1925
  • The new exploration, 1925-1928
  • Trailwork and the "townless highway," 1928-1931
  • "RP = TH + AT + HT," a formula for the New Deal, 1931-1933
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1936
  • The Wilderness Society, 1934-1936
  • "Watershed democracy," 1936-1945
  • Wilderness in a changing world, 1937-1950
  • "Geotechnics of North America," 1944-1972
  • Linking action with prophecy, 1953-1975
  • Epilogue: A "planetary feeling."

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