Dispossessing the Wilderness
Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
Seiten
1999
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-511882-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-511882-7 (ISBN)
Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.
This book examines the ideal of wilderness preservation in the United States from the antebellum era to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how the early conception of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived (or should live) gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. It focuses on specific policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks from the early 1870s to the 1930s.
This book examines the ideal of wilderness preservation in the United States from the antebellum era to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how the early conception of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived (or should live) gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. It focuses on specific policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks from the early 1870s to the 1930s.
Mark David Spence is Assistant Professor of History at Knox College, Illinois.
Introduction: From Common Ground
1: Looking Backward and Westward: The "Indian Wilderness" in the Antebellum Era
2: The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands
3: Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone
4: First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park
5: Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area
6: Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park
7: The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916
8: Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969
Conclusion: Exceptions and the Rule
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.5.1999 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 halftones, 1 line figure, 3 maps |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-511882-0 / 0195118820 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-511882-7 / 9780195118827 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Die Revolution des Gemeinen Mannes
Buch | Softcover (2024)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 16,80
Eine Geschichte des Geschmacks
Buch | Hardcover (2025)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 49,95
vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
Buch | Softcover (2024)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 16,80
