New Deal, new landscape : the Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's state parks / Tara Mitchell Mielnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mielnik, Tara Mitchell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--South Carolina--History.

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).

Parks--South Carolina--History.

Parks.

Conservation of natural resources--South Carolina--History.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mielnik's briskly paced and informative study gives voice to the young men who labored in the South Carolina CCC and honors the legacy of the parks they built and the conservation and public recreation values these sites fostered for modern South Carolina.

Contents:

Depression and the New Deal in South Carolina

Emergency conservation work and the Civilian Conservation Corps: an administrative overview of the Civilian Conservation Corps

"A good set of boys here and I like it fine": life in the South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps

Building opportunity: tourism, forestry, and state parks in South Carolina

Conservation and commemoration: South Carolina's recreational demonstration areas, Cheraw, Colleton, and Kings Mountain

Forestry work and state park development: the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the Civilian Conservation Corps

South Carolina's "breathing spaces": opening and operating the state parks during the New Deal decade

Learning from the parks: resources and interpretation in South Carolina.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.

ISBN:

9781283847711

128384771X

9781611172027

1611172020

OCLC:

826660133