David Louter

Windshield Wilderness (eBook, ePUB)

Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New in Paperback--David Louter explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. He traces the history of Washington State's national parks--Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades--and considers what it means to view parks from the road and through a windshield.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295989846
• Artikelnr.: 44815547

Autorenporträt

David Louter is a historian with the National Park Service in Seattle, Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Foreword by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Nature as We See It
1. Glaciers and Gasoline: Mount Rainier as a Windshield Wilderness
2. The Highway in Nature: Mount Rainier and the National Park Service
3. Wilderness with a View: Olympic and the New Roadless Park
4. A Road Runs Through It: A Wilderness Park for the North Cascades
5. Wilderness Threshold: North Cascades and a New Concept of National Parks
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index