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American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
The history of the Swiss National Park is told for the first time in Creating Wilderness. The deliberate reinterpretation of the American idea of the national park, as implemented in Yellowstone, was innovative and radical, but its consequences were not limited to Switzerland. The Swiss park became the prime example of a “scientific national park,” thereby influencing the course of national parks worldwide.