Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks - Couverture souple

Spence, Mark David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195142438 ISBN 13 : 9780195142433

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

Synopsis

Dispossessing the Wilderness Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Dispossessing the Wilderness has many virtues. Accurate, detailed accounts of the creation of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks rest on solid research, as does the story at Yosemite. (The Journal of American History)

Adding to recent scholarship exploring the cultural construction of nature, this succinct study opens up new areas of research in park service scholarship and paves the way for a more comprehensive study of the role and place of Native Americans in the national parks (The Historian)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book examines the ideal of wilderness preservation in the United States from the antebellum era to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how the early conception of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived (or should live) gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. It focuses on specific policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks from the early 1870s to the 1930s.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0195142438
• ISBN 13: 9780195142433
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204