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Guardians Of The Parks
A History Of The National Parks And Conservation Association
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First published in 1995. This volume traces the origin and development of America's national park citizen 'watchdog' organisation. Giving an insider's perspective, and reflecting an outsiders quest for objectivity, it will be of interest to every park enthusiast and conversation historian.
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- Acadia National Park, 109
- Acker, W. B., 13
- Adjacent lands, 286–288, 301 see also Grazing; Logging; Mining
- Administration, 10–21, 156, 266–268
- Advisory Board on Educational and Inspirational Uses of National Parks, 104–106
- Air traffic, 166
- Albright, Horace, 3, 13–16 passim, 19, 26, 31, 33, 37, 48–52 passim, 65, 67, 74, 77–88 passim, 94, 106, 108, 112, 115, 124, 126, 134, 146, 152, 176, 193, 205
- Allen, Durward, 240
- American Bison Society, 26
- American Civic Association, 8–9, 11, 20, 36, 64
- American Federation of Parks and Planning, 64
- American Fisheries Society, 8
- American Forestry Association (AFA), 8, 59, 63, 65–66, 122
- American Forestry Congress, 8
- American Game Protective and Propagation Association, 26
- American League for Civic Improvement, 8
- American Ornithologists Union, 144
- American Park and Outdoor Art Society, 8
- American Park Society, 64
- Anderson, H. A., 103
- Andrus, Cecil, 292
- Anthony, Harold, 144–145
- Antietam Battlefield Site, 7
- Antiquities Act...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I The Stage is Set
- II The Founding of the National Parks Association
- III Coming of Age in the 1920s
- IV What Is—or Should Be—a National Park?
- V Surviving the 1930s
- VI Protecting the Parks in Wartime
- VII Battles in the Post-War Period
- VIII The Sigurd Olson Years
- IX Anthony Wayne Smith Takes Charge
- X The Identity Crisis 1965–1975
- XI A Crisis of Leadership
- XII Reaffirming the Mission
- XIII NPCA: Seventy-five and Working
- Bibliography
- Index