America S National Park System

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Acclaimed as a fundamental resource on the creation, development, and management of America's national park system, this documentary collection is now in paperback for use by students and individual scholars.

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Genre : Science
Author : Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release : 2000-01-01
File : 480 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780585121215


America S National Parks And Their Keepers

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First Published in 2011. This book is a study of an expanding National Park System; it is also a study of the bureaucracy that shaped it, how it grew, and the stresses it faces. As Dr. Foresta shows, the Park Service is no stranger to controversy and change. One of the Service's strengths has been its pragmatism and adaptability, but current guidelines are hard to come by and the decisions of the future will be neither simple nor easy. This study is valuable not only for its analysis but for the informed, revealing picture it presents of an agency and a system that have enriched the lives of countless citizens and visitors to this country.

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Genre : Law
Author : Ronald A. Foresta
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-11-26
File : 379 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135989736


Our National Park System

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This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight F. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state--the problems and the possibilities--of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he proposes in detail stronger management operations, clearer and more stringent measures of personnel performance, and training of park rangers to help them become professionals knowledgeable about the scientific management and protection of resources. For a concerned public as well as for policy-makers and students of government, this comprehensive analysis and outline may provide hope--and a future--for the invaluable legacy that is our national park system.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Dwight F. Rettie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Release : 1996-01-15
File : 324 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0252065581


Improvements To The National Park System

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Genre : Travel
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
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Release : 1997
File : 104 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000031687737


National Park Service Science In The 21st Century

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Genre : Conservation of natural resources
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Release : 2004
File : 32 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951D02363133K


Philanthropy And The National Park Service

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As the National Park Service prepares for its 2016 centennial, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of philanthropy and the national parks - exploring the challenges faced when working with non-profit philanthropic partners.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : J. Vaughn
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2013-11-26
File : 225 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781137353894


Index National Park System And Related Areas As Of

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Genre : Historic sites
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Release : 1982
File : 100 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32435030358568


Entrance Fees And Resource Protection For Units Of The National Park System

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Genre : National parks and reserves
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation
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Release : 1986
File : 236 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015014277571


National Park Service Concessions Management

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Genre : National park concessions
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
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Release : 2001
File : 104 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B5131729


Pilgrimage To The National Parks

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National Parks - 'America's Best Idea' - were from the first seen as sacred sites embodying the God-given specialness of American people and American land, and from the first they were also marked as tourist attractions. The inherent tensions between these two realities ensured the parks would be stages where the country's conflicting values would be performed and contested. As pilgrimage sites embody the values and beliefs of those who are drawn to them, so Americans could travel to these sacred places to honor, experience, and be restored by the powers that had created the American land and the American enterprise. This book explores the importance of the discourse of nature in American culture, arguing that the attributes and symbolic power that had first been associated with the 'new world' and then the 'frontier' were embodied in the National Parks. Author Ross-Bryant focuses on National Parks as pilgrimage sites around which a discourse of nature developed and argues the centrality of religion in understanding the dynamics of both the language and the ritual manifestations related to National Parks. Beyond the specific contribution to a richer analysis of the National Parks and their role in understanding nature and religion in the U.S., this volume contributes to the emerging field of 'religion and the environment,' larger issues in the study of religion (e.g. cultural events and the spatial element in meaning-making), and the study of non-institutional religion.

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Genre : History
Author : Lynn Ross-Bryant
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013
File : 328 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780415893800