These American lands : parks, wilderness, and the public lands / Dyan Zaslowsky and T.H. Watkins, th...
These American lands : parks, wilderness, and the public lands / Dyan Zaslowsky and T.H. Watkins, th...
These American lands : parks, wilderness, and the public lands / Dyan Zaslowsky and T.H. Watkins, the Wilderness Society.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1994.
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N973/475
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1994.
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c1994.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This preservationist idea did not come naturally: the myth of the land's superabundance dominated the thinking of Americans even after the frontier was officially closed one hundred years ago. Frontier greed and carelessness, combined with business and political pressures for local control, continue to threaten our parks, forests, and wilderness la...
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These American lands : parks, wilderness, and the public lands / Dyan Zaslowsky and T.H. Watkins, the Wilderness Society.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-384) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1994.
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N973/475
Record Identifier
74VKONxJv74Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKONxJv74Z
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ISBN
1559632399 (acid-free paper)
9781559632409 (pbk.)
1559632402 (pbk.)
9781559632393 (acid-free paper)
DDC
973
MMS ID
991022567129702626
