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Autore |
Louter David |
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Windshield wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks / / David Louter ; foreword by William Cronon |
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Collana |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Roads - Environmental aspects - Washington (State) |
National parks and reserves - Public use - Washington (State) |
National parks and reserves - Washington (State) - Management |
Automobiles - Environmental aspects - Washington (State) |
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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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Based on: Windshield wilderness : the automobile and the meaning of national parks in Washington State / David B. Louter. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents ""; ""Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Nature as We See It""; ""1 / Glaciers and Gasoline: Mount Rainier as a Windshield Wilderness""; ""2 / The Highway in Nature: Mount Rainier and the National Park Service""; ""3 / Wilderness with a View: Olympic and the New Roadless Park""; ""4 / A Road Runs Through It: A Wilderness Park for the North Cascades""; ""5 / Wilderness Threshold: North Cascades and a New Concept of National Parks""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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