04474nam 22006375 450 991045283630332120210113172321.00-300-14366-410.12987/9780300143669(CKB)2550000000105005(EBL)3420956(SSID)ssj0000738860(PQKBManifestationID)11484167(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738860(PQKBWorkID)10672424(PQKB)10221439(DE-B1597)484807(OCoLC)1024061625(DE-B1597)9780300143669(MiAaPQ)EBC3420956(EXLCZ)99255000000010500520200424h20082008 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrPreserving Nature in the National Parks A History /Richard West SellarsNew Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]©20081 online resource (448 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-15414-3 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the 2009 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Creating Tradition: The Roots of National Park Management -- Chapter 2. Codifying Tradition: The National Park Service Act of 1916 -- Chapter 3. Perpetuating Tradition: The National Parks under Stephen T. Mather, 1916-1929 -- Chapter 4. The Rise and Decline of Ecological Attitudes, 1929-1940 -- Chapter 5. The War and Postwar Years, 1940-1963 -- Chapter 6. Science and the Struggle for Bureaucratic Power: The Leopold Era, 1963-1981 -- Chapter 7. A House Divided: The National Park Service and Environmental Leadership -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexThis book traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological concepts in the national parks, America's most treasured landscapes. It spans the period from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to near the present, analyzing the management of fires, predators, elk, bear, and other natural phenomena in parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Great Smoky Mountains.Based largely on original documents never before researched, this is the most thorough history of the national parks ever written. Focusing on the decades after the National Park Service was established in 1916, the author reveals the dynamics of policy formulation and change, as landscape architects, foresters, wildlife biologists, and other Park Service professionals contended for dominance and shaped the attitudes and culture of the Service. The book provides a fresh look at the national parks and an analysis of why the Service has not responded in full faith to the environmental concerns of recent times.Richard West Sellars, a historian with the National Park Service, has become uniquely familiar with the history, culture, and dynamics of the Service-including its biases, internal alliances and rivalries, self-image, folklore, and rhetoric. The book will prove indispensable for environmental and governmental specialists and for general readers seeking an in-depth analysis of one of America's most admired federal bureaus.National parks and reserves -- United States -- Management -- HistoryNatural resources -- United States -- Management -- HistoryNature conservation -- United States -- HistoryUnited States. -- National Park Service -- HistoryArt, Architecture & Applied ArtsHILCCGardens, Landscape Architecture & ParksHILCCElectronic books.National parks and reserves -- United States -- Management -- History.Natural resources -- United States -- Management -- History.Nature conservation -- United States -- History.United States. -- National Park Service -- History.Art, Architecture & Applied ArtsGardens, Landscape Architecture & Parks333.7/0973Sellars Richard West, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1035979DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910452836303321Preserving Nature in the National Parks2456004UNINA