Promise of Wilderness American Environmental Politics Since 1964

Name: Promise of Wilderness American Environmental Politics Since 1964
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ISBN: 9780295993300

ISBN-10: 0295993308

ISBN-13: 9780295993300

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Authors: James Morton Turner, William Cronon

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New in paperbackWilderness is not only a place. It is also one of the most powerful and challenging ideas in American environmental thought, representing everything from sublime beauty to the overextension of government authority. The Promise of Wilderness examines the profound and sometimes surprising ways that the idea of wilderness has shaped modern American environmental politics."The Promise of Wilderness will be read with pleasure by all who enjoy --and realize they must act politically to protect--the untrammeled great outdoors." --Rupert Cutler, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Roanoke Times"The most deeply researched, analytically rigorous, and elegantly written study of…

Book details

Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 7/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Foreword


Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Wilderness and the Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976



Why a Wilderness Act?



Speaking for Wilderness



The Popular Politics of Wilderness



New Environmental Tools for an Old Conservation Issue



The Polarization of American Environmental Politics, 1977-1994



Alaska: "The Last Chance to Do It Right the First Time"



National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics



The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right



Wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987-2009



From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform



The New Prophets of Wilderness



The Paths to Public Lands Reform


Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness Movement


Notes


Bibliography


Index