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UNINA9910786302103321 |
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Ross-Bryant Lynn |
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Pilgrimage to the national parks : religion and nature in the United States / / Lynn Ross-Bryant |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-20725-2 |
0-203-09446-8 |
1-283-84447-8 |
1-136-20726-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in religion, travel, and tourism ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National parks and reserves - Social aspects - United States - History |
National parks and reserves - West (U.S.) - History |
Nature - Religious aspects - History |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages - United States - History |
Wilderness areas - United States - History |
Sacred space - United States - History |
National characteristics, American - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pilgrimage to the National ParksReligion and Nature in the United States; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Our National Parks; Religion; The Nature of Nature; Pilgrimage and Tourism; Myth and Ritual; Contestation and Heterogeneity; Storied Sacred Space; The Evolution of the National Parks as Pilgrimage Sites; America's Best Idea; Part IThe New World; Introduction to Part I: America Comes of Age; 1 Yosemite: New World Sublimity; The Newness of the New World; The American Experience in Yosemite; The Art of Perception; Preserved for the People |
2 The Dream of Yellowstone: Progress in the Pristine LandWonderland; The Tools of Art and Science in the Construction of Yellowstone; Civilizing Nature; Nature and Technology; Part IIWilderness and Beyond; Introduction to Part II: The Age of Anxiety; 3 Seeing America in Grand Canyon and Glacier National Parks; Creating the "Titan of Chasms"; |
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