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Service living : building community through public parks and recreation /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wellman, Doug
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: State College, PA : Venture Publishing, [2008]
Subjects:
Social action.
Social change.
Table of Contents:
  • Why Service Living?
  • Painting with Lakes and Wooded Slopes: The Democratic Artistry of Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Employing Sympathetic Knowledge: Jane Addams of Chicago's Hull House
  • A Wilderness Pathfinder: Benton MacKaye and the Appalachian Trail
  • Our Lady of the Glades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Florida's "River of Grass"
  • Democracy Is a Verb
  • Afterword: Why We Chose Frederick Law Olmsted, Jane Addams, Benton MacKaye, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas.