Mark W T Harvey

Wilderness Forever

Howard Zahniser and the Path to the Wilderness Act

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a central figure in the American wilderness preservation movement in the mid-twentieth century, Howard Zahniser (1906-1964) was the person most responsible for the landmark Wilderness Act of 1964, which included his eloquent definition of wilderness: Â"an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.Â" In this deeply researched and affectionate portrait, Mark Harvey brings to life this great leader of environmental activism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780295987071
• ISBN-10: 0295987073
• Artikelnr.: 22597979

Autorenporträt

Mark W. T. Harvey. Foreword by William Cronon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Boyhood in Pennsylvania
2. A Career in Conservation
3. Finding a New Path
4. Taking the Reins
5. Recreation and Wilderness
6. A Summer in the West
7. The Vulnerable Wilderness
8. Keeping It Wild
9. At Work in the Capital
10. In Search of Community
11. The Challenge of Reclassification
12. Saving a Canal and a Monument
13. Untrammeled by Man
14. Wilderness in Perpetuity
15. The Constant Advocate
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index