Benton MacKaye : conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail / / Larry Anderson

• Autore: Anderson Larry <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002
• Edizione: Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7/2/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Conservationists - United States; Regional planners - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Appalachian Trail History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: "Expedition 9" -- The MacKaye inheritance, 1879-1896 -- From Harvard Yard to the "primaevial forest," 1896-1903 -- The education of a progressive forester, 1903-1911 -- Raising hell, 1911-1915 -- Reclaiming America's wild lands for work and play, 1915-1916 -- Employment and natural resources, 1917-1919 -- Turning point, 1919-1921 -- First steps along the Appalachian Trail, 1921-1923 -- The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian Trail Conference, 1923-1925 -- The new exploration, 1925-1928 -- Trailwork and the "townless highway," 1928-1931 -- "RP = TH + AT + HT," a formula for the New Deal, 1931-1933 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1936 -- The Wilderness Society, 1934-1936 -- "Watershed democracy," 1936-1945 -- Wilderness in a changing world, 1937-1950 -- "Geotechnics of North America," 1944-1972 -- Linking action with prophecy, 1953-1975 -- Epilogue: A "planetary feeling."
• Sommario/riassunto: This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in these subjects.
• Titolo autorizzato: Benton MacKaye
• ISBN: 0-8018-7791-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814127103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Creating the North American landscape.