Windshield wilderness : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks / / David Louter ; foreword by William Cronon
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| Autore: |
Louter David
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| Titolo: |
Windshield wilderness : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks / / David Louter ; foreword by William Cronon
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-295-98984-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815435903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.