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Author Spence, Mark David.

Title Dispossessing the wilderness : Indian removal and the making of the national parks / Mark David Spence
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents Introduction: from common ground -- Looking backward and westward: the "Indian wilderness" in the antebellum era -- The wild west, or toward separate islands -- Before the wilderness: native peoples and Yellowstone -- First wilderness: America's wonderland and indian removal from Yellowstone National Park -- Backbone of the world: the Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park area -- Crowning the continent: the American wilderness ideal and Blackfeet exclusion from Glacier National Park -- The heart of the sierras, 1864-1916 -- Yosemite Indians and the National Park ideal, 1916-1969 -- Conclusion: exceptions and the rule
Summary National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places with the links between Indian policy developments and preservationist efforts, this work examines the complex origins of the national parks and the troubling consequences of the American wilderness ideal. The first study to place national park history within the context of the early reservatio
Analysis Humaniora Historie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-179) and index
Notes Print version record
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Subject Indians of North America -- Relocation -- West (U.S.)
Wilderness areas -- Government policy -- United States
National parks and reserves -- Government policy -- United States
Nature conservation -- Social aspects -- United States
HISTORY -- State & Local.
Indians of North America -- Relocation
National parks and reserves -- Government policy
Nature conservation -- Social aspects
Wilderness areas -- Government policy
Nationalpark
Vertreibung
Naturschutzgebiet
Gründung
Indianer
Indianen.
Gedwongen migratie.
Nationale parken.
Natuurbeheer.
Indians of North America -- Relocation.
Wilderness areas -- United States.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Nature conservation -- United States.
United States
West United States
USA
Indianer.
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