DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good / / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller
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| Autore: |
De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.>
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| Titolo: |
DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good / / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxxv, 275 p |
| Disciplina: | 333.72/0978 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental protection - West (U.S.) |
| Conservation of natural resources - West (U.S.) | |
| Public lands - West (U.S.) | |
| Common good | |
| Environmental degradation - West (U.S.) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | West (U.S.) Environmental conditions |
| West (U.S.) History | |
| West (U.S.) Description and travel | |
| Altri autori: |
MullerEdward K
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| Note generali: | "Published in association with the Center for American Places Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Staunton, Virginia." |
| "DeVoto's West collects twenty-two of DeVoto's essays on the American West and convervation issues"--Introd. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: DeVoto's West -- Footnote on the West -- Fossil Remnants of the Frontier -- The West: A Plundered Province -- The Anxious West -- The High Country -- Part II: The Western Land Grab, 1940s -- The West Against Itself -- The Western Land Grab -- U.S. Forest Service and the Western Land Grab -- Sacred Cows and Public Lands -- Statesmen on the Lam -- Part III: Desert, Water, and the West -- The West -- Flood in the Desert -- Our Hundred Year Plan -- And Fractions Drive Me Mad -- Part IV: Protection of the National Parks -- Intramural Giveaway -- Let's Close the National Parks -- Shall We Let Them Ruin Our National Parks? -- National Park Service -- The Western Land Grab, 1950s -- One-Way Partnership Derailed -- Conservation: Down and on the Way Out -- An Old Steal Refurbished -- Two-Gun Desmond Is Back -- A Bibliography of DeVoto's West -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | DeVoto's West |
| ISBN: | 0-8040-4014-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808573503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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