Randall K. Wilson

America's Public Lands

From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated edition traces the oft-forgotten ideas of nature that have shaped the evolution of America's public land system. The result is a fresh and compelling account of the most pressing challenges facing national parks, forests, rangelands, and wildlife refuges from their early beginnings through the first years of the Trump administration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9781538126394
• ISBN-10: 1538126397
• Artikelnr.: 58296525

Autorenporträt

Randall K. Wilson is professor of environmental studies, Gettysburg College. The first edition of America's Public Lands won the J. B. Jackson Prize from the Association of American Geographers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction: Why Public Lands? Part I.
Origins of the Public Domain Chapter 1 Building the National Commons
Chapter 2 Disposing the Public Domain Chapter 3 A Public Land System
Emerges Part II. The Public Lands System Chapter 4 National Parks Chapter 5
National Forests Chapter 6 National Wildlife Refuges Chapter 7 Bureau of
Land Management Lands Chapter 8 National Wilderness Preservation System
Chapter 9 National Wild and Scenic Rivers and Trails Chapter 10 Parting
Thoughts.