Title Our national park policy : a critical history / John Ise

Published Washington, D.C. : RFF, 2011 London : Earthscan [distributor]

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Description 1 online resource Series The Resources for the Future library collection. Forests, lands, and recreation ; volume 7 Resources for the Future Library collection. Forests, lands, and recreation ; volume 7. Contents pt. 1. Early Parks: 1872-1915. Yellowstone Park -- Yosemite Park -- Sequoia and General Grant Parks -- Mount Rainer Park -- Crater Lake Park -- Three inferior National Parks: Wind Cave, Sullys Hills and Platt -- The Antiquities Act: The National Monuments -- Mesa Verde Park -- Glacier Park -- pt. 2. The National Park Service: 1916-1959. The Mather Administration, 1917-1928: Rocky Mountain Park and Hawaii Park -- The Mather Administration, 1917-1928: Lassen Volcanic Park, Mount McKinley Park, Grand Canyon Park, Acadia Park, and Zion Park -- The Mather Administration, 1917-1928: Hot Springs Park, Bryce Canyon Park, Great Smoky Mountains Park, Shenandoah Park, Mammoth Cave Park -- The Mather Administration, 1917-1928: Boundary revision; New National Monuments; State Parks -- The Mather Administration, 1917-1928: Attacks on the parks The Albright Administration, 1929-1933: Grand Teton Park, Carlsbad Caverns Park, Isle Royale Park -- The Albright Administration, 1929-1933: New National Monuments, Historical Parks, Transfer to the Park Service -- The Cammerer Administration: 1933-1940: Historical Parks and sites, Recreation areas, Everglades Park -- The Cammerer Administration: 1933-1940: Big Bend Park, Olympic Park -- The Cammerer Administration: 1933-1940: Kings Canyon Park, New National Monuments, Mount Rushmore -- The Cammerer Administration: 1933-1940: Parkways, Seashore Areas, Problems of Park Administration -- The Drury Administration, 1940-1951: The War and Postwar Years, The Tourist Invasion -- The Drury Administration, 1940-1951: Threats to the Parks: Dams, Mining, State Interests, Mechanized Traffic -- The Drury Administration, 1940-1951: Jackson Hole The Wirth Administration, 1951- : Virgin Island Park, Seashore Areas, Petrified Forest Park, City of Refuge National Historical Park -- The Wirth Administration, 1951- : Financial and Concession Problems, Overcrowded Parks, Mission 66, Current Park Service Activities -- The Wirth Administration, 1951- : Dinosaur Dams and other threats to the Park System -- pt. 3. Special Park Problem. Wildlife -- National Park Concessions -- Financing the parks -- Wilderness areas -- National Parks in other countries Summary A legislative and administrative history on the social, cultural, and intellectual significance of the national park idea. Originally published in 1961 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. National Park Service -- History SUBJECT United States. National Park Service fast Subject National parks and reserves -- United States -- History National parks and reserves -- Government policy -- United States BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. National parks and reserves National parks and reserves -- Government policy United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781135990503 1135990506 9781315064239 1315064235

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