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UNINA9910449933603321 |
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Autore |
Spence Mark David |
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Titolo |
Dispossessing the wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : Indian removal and the making of the national parks / / Mark David Spence |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-47121-2 |
0-19-802798-2 |
1-60256-266-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Relocation - West (U.S.) |
Wilderness areas - Government policy - United States |
National parks and reserves - Government policy - United States |
Nature conservation - Social aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-179) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: From Common Ground; 1 Looking Backward and Westward: The ""Indian Wilderness"" in the Antebellum Era; 2 The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands; 3 Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone; 4 First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park; 5 Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area; 6 Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park; 7 The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916; 8 Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969 |
CONCLUSION: Exceptions and the RuleNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places with the links between Indian policy developments and |
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