Yellowstone : the creation and selling of an American landscape, 1870-1903
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Yellowstone : the creation and selling of an American landscape, 1870-1903
University of New Mexico Press , Montana Historical Society Press, c1999
1st ed
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- pbk. : alk. paper
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index
収録内容
- A pleasureing ground
- The selling of wonderland
- 1883: the enterprise
- The eatable parts
- The march of civil improvement
- Indians, animals, and Yellowstone defenders
- From wonderland to ecosystem
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: alk. paper ISBN 9780826321190
内容説明
This history explores the conflicted creation of Yellowstone National Park in late nineteenth-century America. The author examines the American myths and late-Victorian values behind the movement both to preserve the Yellowstone wilderness and to extract its natural resources. He introduces the tastemakers, stewards, financiers, and boosters who jockeyed to protect the wilderness, commodify the scenery, and exploit valuable natural resources. The major cultural and economic force in the Yellowstone story was the Northern Pacific Railroad. To increase its passenger and freight traffic, the Northern Pacific simultaneously invested in tourist facilities, promoted the consumption of the scenery, and encouraged the harvesting of raw materials. Park defenders successfully battled hunters and miners within Yellowstone boundaries, but they challenged neither park tourism nor nearby industrial development. The consequences now threaten the park's ecological health. Using fifty-four photographs, illustrations, and maps, the author demonstrates how the railroad and advertisers helped to codify the ultimate American landscape.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780826321206
内容説明
Magoc (history, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania) explores the conflicted creation of Yellowstone National Park in late 19th-century America. He examines American myths and values behind the movement to preserve the Yellowstone wilderness and extract its natural resources, and introduces the s
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