04084nam 2200685 450 991046774520332120200520144314.00-8032-9040-30-8032-9042-X(CKB)4330000000011838(MiAaPQ)EBC4557305(OCoLC)951749527(MdBmJHUP)muse50970(Au-PeEL)EBL4557305(CaPaEBR)ebr11223538(CaONFJC)MIL931866(OCoLC)951807199(EXLCZ)99433000000001183820160710h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierExceptional mountains a cultural history of the Pacific Northwest volcanoes /O. Alan WeltzienLincoln, [Nebraska] ;London, [England] :University of Nebraska Press,2016.©20161 online resource (263 pages) illustrations, photographs0-8032-6547-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The Legacy of Exceptionalism -- 2. Standard Routes, Standard Highways -- 3. Cities and Their Volcanoes -- 4. Green Consumerism and the Volcanoes -- 5. Wilderness and Volcanoes -- 6. Volcanoes and Crowds -- Epilogue."Over the past 150 years, people have flocked to the Pacific Northwest in increasing numbers, in part due to the region's beauty and one of its most exceptional features: volcanoes. This segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire has shaped not only the physical landscape of the region but also the psychological landscape, and with it the narratives we compose about ourselves. Exceptional Mountains is a cultural history of the Northwest volcanoes and the environmental impact of outdoor recreation in this region. It probes the relationship between these volcanoes and regional identity, particularly in the era of mass mountaineering and population growth in the Northwest. O. Alan Weltzien demonstrates how mountaineering is but one conspicuous example of the outdoor recreation industry's unrestricted and problematic growth. He explores the implications of our assumptions that there are no limits to our outdoor recreation habits and that access to the highest mountains should include amenities for affluent consumers. Each chapter probes the mountain-based regional ethos and the concomitant sense of privilege and entitlement from different vantages to illuminate the consumerist mind-set as a reductive--and deeply problematic--version of experience and identity in and around some of the nation's most striking mountains"--Provided by publisher.VolcanoesSocial aspectsNorthwest, PacificHistoryMountainsSocial aspectsNorthwest, PacificHistoryRegionalismNorthwest, PacificHistoryOutdoor recreationEnvironmental aspectsNorthwest, PacificHistoryMountaineeringEnvironmental aspectsNorthwest, PacificHistoryConsumersNorthwest, PacificPsychologyHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onNorthwest, PacificHistoryEnvironmental policyNorthwest, PacificHistoryNorthwest, PacificGeographyNorthwest, PacificEnvironmental conditionsElectronic books.VolcanoesSocial aspectsHistory.MountainsSocial aspectsHistory.RegionalismHistory.Outdoor recreationEnvironmental aspectsHistory.MountaineeringEnvironmental aspectsHistory.ConsumersPsychologyHistory.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Environmental policyHistory.917.95Weltzien O. Alan(Oliver Alan),898730MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467745203321Exceptional mountains2007885UNINA