DeVoto's West [[electronic resource] ] : history, conservation, and the public good / / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller |
Autore | De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xxxv, 275 p |
Disciplina | 333.72/0978 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MullerEdward K |
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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8040-4014-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454699803321 |
De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> | ||
Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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DeVoto's West [[electronic resource] ] : history, conservation, and the public good / / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller |
Autore | De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xxxv, 275 p |
Disciplina | 333.72/0978 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MullerEdward K |
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.) |
ISBN | 0-8040-4014-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782729003321 |
De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> | ||
Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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DeVoto's West : history, conservation, and the public good / / by Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Edward K. Muller |
Autore | De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xxxv, 275 p |
Disciplina | 333.72/0978 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MullerEdward K |
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.) |
ISBN | 0-8040-4014-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808573503321 |
De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> | ||
Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, : Ohio University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Western paradox : a conservation reader / / Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Douglas Brinkley and Patricia Nelson Limerick ; with a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr |
Autore | De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7/2/0978 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BrinkleyDouglas
LimerickPatricia Nelson <1951-> |
Collana | Yale Western Americana |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources - West (U.S.)
Public lands - West (U.S.) |
ISBN |
9786611722739
1-281-72273-1 0-300-13386-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The West: A Plundered Province -- The Anxious West -- The West Against Itself -- Sacred Cows and Public Lands -- Statesmen on the Lam -- Two-Gun Desmond Is Back -- Billion Dollar Jackpot -- The Sturdy Corporate Homesteader -- Heading for the Last Roundup -- Conservation: Down and on the Way Out -- Chapter 1. To the Traveler's Eye -- Chapter 2. Damnedest Country Under the Sun -- Chapter 3. Emptiness Can Affect the ary266 -- Chapter 4. Unregarded Inheritance from the Frontier -- Chapter 5. The Eighth City of Cibola -- Chapter 6. A Certain Mentality -- Chapter 7. Nemesis -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822687903321 |
De Voto Bernard Augustine <1897-1955.> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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