Preserving the Living Past
John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks
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2005
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24167-1 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24167-1 (ISBN)
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From his efforts to protect California's wild lands - including the state's majestic redwoods and its dynamic coastline - to his novel ideas about the educational and inspirational value of wilderness that continue to provoke debates to this day, this first biography of John C. Merriam (1869-1945) tells the story of the prominent paleontologist who became a visionary in the American conservation movement.
Stephen R. Mark is a historian with the National Park Service as well as Adjunct Professor of History at the Oregon Institute of Technology. He is the author of Floating in the Stream of Time: An Administrative History of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (1996).
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Beyond Scenic Voyeurism 1. Why Save the Redwoods? 2. To Berkeley and Beyond 3. Paleontologist of the Far West 4. An Upward Trajectory 5. Redwoods and Research 6. Interpreting the National Parks 7. A Voice for Wilderness 8. Building State Parks 9. What Nature Means Notes Further Reading Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2005 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 23 b-w illustrations scattered, 4 maps |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-24167-3 / 0520241673 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-24167-1 / 9780520241671 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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