Driven wild [[electronic resource] ] : how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement / / Paul S. Sutter ; foreword by William Cronon
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Sutter Paul
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| Titolo: |
Driven wild [[electronic resource] ] : how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement / / Paul S. Sutter ; foreword by William Cronon
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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.7820973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nature conservation - United States - History |
| Wilderness areas - United States - History | |
| Conservationists - United States - History | |
| Automobiles - Environmental aspects - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: Illustrations follow pages 48 and 112 --Foreword: Why Worry about Roads, by William Cronon vii --Acknowledgments xiii --1. The Problem of the Wilderness 3 --2. Knowing Nature through Leisure: -- Outdoor Recreation during the Interwar Years 19 --3. A Blank Spot on the Map: -- Aldo Leopold 54 --4. Advertising the Wild: -- Robert Sterling Yard 100 --5. Wilderness as Regional Plan: -- Benton MacKaye 142 --6. The Freedom of the Wilderness: -- Bob Marshall 194 --7. Epilogue: A Living Wilderness 239 --Notes 264 --Sources 308 --Index 332. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Driven wild |
| ISBN: | 0-295-98990-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789744103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.