Title A symbol of wilderness : Echo Park and the American conservation movement / Mark W.T. Harvey ; foreword by William Cronon

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2000]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 368 pages) : illustrations Series Weyerhaeuser environmental classics Weyerhaeuser environmental classics Contents Foreword -- Wiliam Cronon; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. The Peculiar Past of a National Monument ; 2. The Seeds of Controversy ; 3. Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement ; 4. ""A Mere Millpond"" ; 5. Searching for an Alternate Site ; 6. Wilderness for a New Generation ; 7. The Great Evaporation Controversy ; 8. The Politics of Preservation ; 9. A Symbol of Wilderness ; 10. Triumph for the Park System ; 11. Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index Notes Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1994 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry. Nature conservation Naturschützer Naturschutz SUBJECT Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah) -- History Echo Park Dam (Colo.) -- History Subject Colorado -- Echo Park Dam United States United States -- Dinosaur National Monument Echo Park Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 99059057 ISBN 9780295803531 0295803533

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