Preface
1. Acts Of Defiance
2. America's Invention
3. Scenic Reserves
4. The Forest Reserves
5. Wildlife Reserves
6. National Monuments
7. Conservation And The American Parks
8. Parks And Empire-Making
9. The Making Of A Parks' System
10. National Playgrounds
11. Parks As Contested Grounds
12. Parks And The Wider Governance
13. An Uncertain Legacy
John Sheail is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK Natural Environment Research Council). This will be his tenth book, his most recent being An Environmental History of Twentieth Century Britain.
'This book is the most rounded account of the international
development of national parks that I have seen - meticulously
researched yet very readable.'
W.M. Adams, Moran Professor of Conservation and Development,
University of Cambridge, UK 'This major historical treatment
provides a global view of the first century of the national park
movement. The very broad coverage of many countries provides the
reader with a stimulating account of grand ideas as they
developed.'
Paul F. J. Eagles, Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure
Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada 'Taken in by the title and
luminous cover photo, the casual reader might expect this book to
describe, with suitable illustrations, the natural glories of
National Parks around the world. But this not what John Sheail's
book is about. Those in the know, however, will not be suprised to
find thorough scholarship; Sheail is well established as a reviewer
and commentator upon environmental conservation endeavour.'
Alan Mowle, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society.
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