To conserve unimpaired : the evolution of the national park idea /
Keiter, Robert B., 1946-
To conserve unimpaired : the evolution of the national park idea / Robert B. Keiter. - xix, 343 pages ; 23 cm
What is a national park? -- "Nature's cathedral": a wilderness sanctuary -- "A pleasuring ground": tourism in the wild -- "The nation's playground": recreating in paradise -- "A commercial commodity": putting nature on sale -- "Ancestral lands": nature, culture, and justice -- "Nature's laboratory": experimentation and education -- "Fountains of life": an (imperfect) wildlife reserve -- "A vital core": ecosystem scale conservation -- "Growing the system": new parks and new strategies -- Nature conservation in a changing world.
9781597266598 1597266590 9781597266604 1597266604
2012041661
National parks and reserves--Philosophy.--United States
Nature conservation--Philosophy.--United States
National parks and reserves--Government policy--United States.
SB481.6 / .K45 2013
363.6/8
To conserve unimpaired : the evolution of the national park idea / Robert B. Keiter. - xix, 343 pages ; 23 cm
What is a national park? -- "Nature's cathedral": a wilderness sanctuary -- "A pleasuring ground": tourism in the wild -- "The nation's playground": recreating in paradise -- "A commercial commodity": putting nature on sale -- "Ancestral lands": nature, culture, and justice -- "Nature's laboratory": experimentation and education -- "Fountains of life": an (imperfect) wildlife reserve -- "A vital core": ecosystem scale conservation -- "Growing the system": new parks and new strategies -- Nature conservation in a changing world.
9781597266598 1597266590 9781597266604 1597266604
2012041661
National parks and reserves--Philosophy.--United States
Nature conservation--Philosophy.--United States
National parks and reserves--Government policy--United States.
SB481.6 / .K45 2013
363.6/8