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Environmental politics and the creation of a dream : establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore / Harold C. Jordahl Jr. with Annie L. Booth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordahl, Harold C., 1926-
- Series:
- Wisconsin land and life.
- Wisconsin land and life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)--History.
- Apostle Islands (Wis.)--History.
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.).
- Apostle Islands (Wis.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A detailed account of the creation of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Political and bureaucratic twists and turns make this narrative a true recollection of America's and Wisconsin's environmental history as well as its political history.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The National and State Context for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore""; ""1. The Apostle Islands in Historical Context""; ""2. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Political Context: State and Federal Initiatives""; ""3. A New Era in Wisconsin: Gaylord A. Nelson and Conservation""; ""Part Two: Establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore""; ""4. The 1960's Road to a Lakeshore: The Decade of Planning, Bureaucratic Obfuscation, and Politics""
- ""5. The Blowup-Or, Do We Have a Lakeshore?""""6. Long Island at Last""; ""Part Three: Issues and Policy Studies""; ""7. Planning the Lakeshore""; ""8. The Role of Politics in Establishing the Lakeshore""; ""9. The Sellers of Dreams: The Role of the Media in Supporting the Lakeshore""; ""10. The Local Citizens and the Lakeshore""; ""11. The State and the Apostle Islands""; ""12. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the Native Americans""; ""Part Four: Conclusions""; ""13. Reflections""; ""Appendix One: A Chronology of Significant Events Regarding the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore""
- ""Appendix Two: Identification of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Participants"" ""Appendix Three: Bills on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-299-28193-0
- OCLC:
- 927483539
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