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1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272). |
| Contents |
"Parks Americana" -- The nature of parks -- The states begin to stir: state park initiatives in the nineteenth century -- The momentum builds: state parks expansion in the early twentieth century -- Coalescence: the first national conference on parks -- "A state park every hundred miles": the national conference on the state parks goes to work -- Dubious progress: assessing the relevance of the national conference on state parks -- An unexpected boon: economic recovery and a new deal for state parks -- Recovery and beyond: depression-era initiatives look to the future -- A major interruption: wartime distraction and postwar rebound -- The continuing search for direction: the ever-resilient national conference on state parks -- A new era of federal-state cooperation -- Signs of maturity -- A look behind the scenes: issues and influences that shape the state park system -- Anything goes: an age of expansion, experimentation, and expediency -- Looking to the future: the view from one observer's soapbox. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parks -- United States -- History.
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Parks. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Landrum, Ney C., 1931- State park movement in America. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004 0826215009 (DLC) 2003019599 (OCoLC)53020313 |
| ISBN |
0826264441 (electronic book) |
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9780826264442 (electronic book) |
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0826220185 (print) |
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9780826220189 (print) |
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0826215009 |
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9780826215000 |
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9780826220189 |
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