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Windshield wilderness : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks / / David Louter ; foreword by William Cronon



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Autore: Louter David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Windshield wilderness : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks / / David Louter ; foreword by William Cronon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 333.78/3
Soggetto topico: 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)
Note generali: 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.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""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""
Titolo autorizzato: Windshield wilderness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-295-98984-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815435903321
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Serie: Weyerhaeuser environmental book.