Adam M. Sowards

Making America's Public Lands

The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throughout American history, â public landsâ have been the subject of controversy, from homesteaders settling the American west to ranchers who use the open range to promote free enterprise, to wilderness activists who see these lands as wild places. This book shows how these controversies intersect with critical issues of American history.

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Produktdetails

• American Ways
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781442246959
• ISBN-10: 1442246952
• Artikelnr.: 42809716

Autorenporträt

Adam M. Sowards is professor of history at the University of Idaho. He is the author of United States West Coast: An Environmental History (a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008), and The Environmental Justice: William O. Douglass and American Conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Huckleberries around the Table
Chapter 1 Gathering
Chapter 2 Forming
Chapter 3 Managing
Chapter 4 Balancing
Chapter 5 Polarizing
Conclusion: The Promise of the Public's Land
A Note on Sources