The fight to save the redwoods : a history of environmental reform, 1917-1978 / Susan R. Schrepfer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schrepfer, Susan R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coast redwood--History.

Coast redwood.

Forest conservation--California, Northern--History.

Forest conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is not a simple or ordinary history of a conservation crusade. Schrepfer very ably traces the changes in scientific wisdom from nineteenth-century romanticism and teleological evolutionism to more current ecological dynamism-and the influence of those intellectual developments on political history.... The subject is important-much broader than the title suggests-and so is the book."- American Historical Review

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Progressives and Scenic Preservation

2. Citizen Reform: California's State Park System

3. Ideology of Reform: A Natural Theology

4. Parks: Recreation or Englightenment?

5. Progressive Opposition to the New Deal: 1930-1949?

6. Evolution and Ecology

7. The Roots of Militancy: 1950-1964

8. The Redwood National Park: 1965-1968

9. David Brower and the Sierra Club: 1964-1970

10. The Battle Rejoined: 1969-1977

11. A Second Redwood National Park Act: 1977-1978

12. No Place to Stand: Saving the Redwoods, 1917-1978

Notes

Bibliography of Unpublished Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612731389

9781282731387

1282731386

9780299088538

0299088537

OCLC:

550500161