Engineering Eden: A Violent Death, a Federal Trial, and the Struggle to Restore Nature in Our National Parks 9781615195602, 1615195602

Engineering Eden: the true story of a violent death, a trial, and the fight over controlling nature [First edition] 9780307454263, 9780307454287, 0307454266

Prologue -- Part I. American Eden -- Los Angeles -- American Eden -- Yosemite and Yellowstone -- Appalachian Spring -- F

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Preserving Nature in the National Parks: A History 9780300143669

This book traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological con

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Native American Archaeology in the Parks: A Guide to Heritage Sites in Our National Parks and Monuments 9781538145869, 9781538145876, 1538145863

Historian Wallace Stegner characterized America’s National Park system as “the best idea we ever had.” One can quibble w

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Our A-Maze-Ing National Parks: 50 Mazes from Acadia to Zion 9781630763879

Our A-Maze-ing National Parks: From Acadia to Zion features 50 mazes showcasing cartoon illustrations of national parks,

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Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective 9780857455277

National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first d

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Regulating Eden : The Nature of Order in North American Parks [1 ed.] 9781442679160, 9780802081827

State and Provincial Parks are represented as inherently natural places set apart from the disorder of everyday life, pl

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Regulating Eden: The Nature of Order in North American Parks 9781442679160

In order to experience the naturalness and freedom of the parks, we must embrace the very forms of regulation that we cl

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The National Parks Scavenger Hunt: A Family-Friendly Way to Explore All 63 Parks 9781643263106, 1643263102

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Spirituality and the State: Managing Nature and Experience in America's National Parks 9781479865260

An exploration of the production and reception of nature and spirituality in America’s national park system America’s n

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A View to a Death in the Morning: Hunting and Nature Through History 9780674937369, 0674937368

This work looks at the ways in which hunting has figured in the Western imagination, from the myth of Artemis to the tal

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