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Autore |
Harvey Mark W. T (Mark William Thornton) |
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Titolo |
Wilderness forever : Howard Zahniser and the path to the Wilderness Act / / Mark Harvey |
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Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press |
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Chesham, : Combined Academic [distributor], 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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A Weyerhaeuser environmental classic |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conservationists - United States |
Wilderness areas - United States - History |
Environmental sciences |
Nature conservation |
Wilderness areas |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Includes 20 black and white photos interspersed in the text. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-300) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Boyhood in Pennsylvania""; ""2. A Career in Conservation""; ""3. Finding a New Path""; ""4. Taking the Reins""; ""5. Recreation and Wilderness""; ""6. A Summer in the West""; ""7. The Vulnerable Wilderness""; ""8. Keeping It Wild""; ""9. At Work in the Capital""; ""10. In Search of Community""; ""11. The Challenge of Reclassification""; ""12. Saving a Canal and a Monument""; ""13. Untrammeled by Man""; ""14. Wilderness in Perpetuity""; ""15. The Constant Advocate""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography"" |
""Index"" |
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