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Historic takings in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area : recreation and remains /

"The author examines the many takings of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to consider the contested legal and personal meanings and valuations of property, place, and memory. The book suggests personal and systemic approaches to reframe place and reconcile public development with per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fazzino, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (N.J. and Pa.) > History.
Delaware Water Gap (N.J. and Pa.) > History > Interviews.
Land use > Delaware Water Gap (NJ. and Pa.) > History.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Land use.
Memory > Social aspects.
United States.
United States > Delaware Water Gap.
United States > Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
History.
Interviews.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Property and place in the united states : seeing the Delaware Water Gap
  • American conservation and preservation
  • Initial inhabitants and takings
  • Settler development in the upper Minisink
  • More takings
  • The park and surrounding communities today
  • Conclusion.