Natural museums : U.S. national parks, 1872-1916 / Kathy S. Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Kathy S., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--United States--History.

National parks and reserves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1872, the world's first national park was founded at Yellowstone. Although ideas of nature conservation were not embraced generally by the American public, five more parks were created before the turn of the century. By 1916, the year that the National Park Service was born, the country could boast of fourteen national parks, including such celebrated areas as Yosemite and Sequoia. Kathy Mason demonstrates that Congress, park superintendents, and the American public were forming general, often tacit notions of the parks' purpose before the new bureau was established. Although the

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Before the National Park Service; ONE Origins of an Idea: Hot Springs Reservation; TWO A Worthless Wonderland: Yellowstone National Park; THREE The "Gem of the Straits" Becomes a National Park: Mackinac Island; FOUR Nature's Majestic Marvels: Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant; FIVE Natural Gems or Inferior Parks? Wind Cave, Sullys Hill, and Platt; SIX "That Future Generations May Know the Majesty of the Earth": The Establishment of the National Park Service, and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-101) and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-935-5

OCLC:

608169714