The state park movement in America : a critical review / Ney C. Landrum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landrum, Ney C., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parks--United States--History.

Parks.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2004]

Contents:

1. "Parks Americana" 3

2. The Nature of Parks 14

3. The States Begin to Stir: State Park Initiatives in the Nineteenth Century 27

4. The Momentum Builds: State Parks Expansion in the Early Twentieth Century 48

5. Coalescence: The First National Conference on Parks 74

6. "A State Park Every Hundred Miles" The National Conference on State Parks Goes to Work 90

7. Dubious Progress: Assessing the Relevance of the National Conference on State Parks 111

8. An Unexpected Boon: Economic Recovery and a New Deal for State Parks 124

9. Recovery and Beyond: Depression-Era Initiatives Look to the Future 141

10. A Major Interruption: Wartime Distraction and Postwar Rebound 155

11. The Continuing Search for Direction: The Ever-Resilient National Conference on State Parks 169

12. A New Era of Federal-State Cooperation 182

13. Signs of Maturity 201

14. A Look behind the Scenes: Issues and Influences that Shape the State Park System 220

15. Anything Goes: An Age of Expansion, Experimentation, and Expediency 233

16. Looking to the Future: The View from One Observer's Soapbox 253

Appendix Selected Data on America's State Parks 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) an index.

ISBN:

0826215009

OCLC:

53020313