Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society's vision seemed focused solely on greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park's creation myth recounted how a few saintlike pioneer conservationists labored to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds, when in fact, the establishment of Yellowstone was the result of complex social, scientific, economic, and aesthetic forces. Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone's complex history, present the first full account of…
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Weitere Autoren: Whittlesey, Lee
- ISBN: 978-0-8032-4305-7
- EAN: 9780803243057
- Produktnummer: 1833219
- Verlag: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 125 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.7 cm 367 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 367
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Paul Schullery is the author of many books on the American West, including Searching for Yellowstone and Old Yellowstone Days. He wrote and narrated the PBS film Yellowstone: America's Sacred Wilderness and is currently scholar-in-residence at Montana State University Library.
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