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Nature's Altars : Mountains, Gender, and American Environmentalism.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schrepfer, Susan R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature conservation.
- Environmentalism.
- Mountaineering--psychology.
- Mountaineering--history.
- Mountains--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Mountains.
- Environmentalism--United States--History.
- Nature conservation--United States--History.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mountaineering--psychology.
- Mountaineering--history.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, 2005.
- Summary:
- "Delving into memoirs and histories, letters and diaries, early photos and old maps, Schrepfer especially compares male and female mountaineering narratives to show the ways in which gender affected what men and women found to value in rocky heights, and how their different perceptions together defined the wilderness preservation movement for the nation. The Sierra Club in particular popularized the mystique of America's mountains, and Schrepfer uses its history to develop a sweeping interpretation of twentieth-century wilderness perceptions and national conservation politics." "Schrepfer follows men like John Muir, Wilderness Society cofounder Robert Marshall, and the Sierra Club's own David Brower into the mountains - and finds them frequently in the company of women. She tells how mountaineering women shaped their lives through high adventure well before the twentieth century, participating in Appalachian mountain clubs and joining men as "Mazamas"--Mountain goats - scaling Oregon's Mount Hood."--Jacket
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- (En)gendering the wilderness, 1860s-1914
- Place naming in the High Sierra
- Masculine sublimes
- Feminine sublimes
- Outdoor experiences and the politics of conservation, 1914-1944
- Mountains as home and garden
- Mountains as the measure of men
- In fire, blossoms, and blood
- In wildness is the preservation of the nation, and the world, 1945-1964
- Mountain conquest family style
- Mountains made wilderness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-297) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780700638215
- 0700638210
- OCLC:
- 1450607305
- Publisher Number:
- heb40481 hdl
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