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

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Description	1 online resource (xxviii, 368 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Weyerhaeuser environmental classics
	Weyerhaeuser environmental classics.
Note	Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1994.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index.
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.
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Subject	Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah) -- History.
	Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Nature conservation.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Echo Park Dam (Colo.) -- History.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Harvey, Mark W.T. (Mark William Thornton). Symbol of wilderness. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2000] 0295979321 (DLC) 99059057 (OCoLC)42968048
ISBN	9780295803531 (electronic book)
	0295803533 (electronic book)
	0295979321
	9780295979328