Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark David Spence
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.
Dispossessing the Wilderness has many virtuesAccurate, 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 *
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 *
Mark David Spence is Assistant Professor of History at Knox College, Illinois.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195118827 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195118820 |
| Title | Dispossessing the Wilderness |
| Author | Mark David Spence |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1999-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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