America's national monuments : the politics of preservation

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    • Rothman, Hal

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America's national monuments : the politics of preservation

Hal Rothman

(Development of western resources / Hal K. Rothman, series editor)

University Press of Kansas, c1989

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Preserving different pasts

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Originally published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1989

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By examining the history of the national monuments, from the passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906 to the present, this book traces the evolution of federal preservation. The author shows how laws, policies, personalities, personal and bureaucratic rivalries have affected preservation efforts.

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