Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles
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| Autore: |
Miles John C. <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Wilderness in national parks [[electronic resource] ] : playground or preserve / / John C. Miles
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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.78/2160973 |
| Soggetto topico: | National parks and reserves - United States |
| Nature conservation - United States | |
| Wilderness areas - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-322) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Wilderness and the origins of National Parks -- Wilderness and the new agency -- Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service -- Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era -- More ferment and expansion -- From the war to Director Wirth -- The drive for a wilderness act -- A hesitant start at implementation -- Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed -- Wilderness in Alaska -- A new sort of National Park wilderness -- Park wilderness after the reviews -- The work continues -- Epilogue. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Wilderness in national parks |
| ISBN: | 0-295-99039-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815225303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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