Dispossessing the Wilderness

Autori

• Mark David Spence

Parametri

• 200 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Natura
• Natura, animali
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2000

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