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Mountains without handrails : reflections on the National Parks /

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Beloved by academic and general readers alike, Mountains Without Handrails, Joseph L. Sax's thought-provoking treatise on America's national parks, remains as relevant today as when first published in 1980. Focusing on the long-standing and bitter battles over recreational use of our parkl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sax, Joseph L. (Author)
Corporate Author: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
Other Authors: Doremus, Holly D. (author of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Subjects:
National parks and reserves > United States.
Public lands > Recreational use > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword / by Holly Doremus
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Quiet Genesis
  • Chapter 2: An Ideal in Search of Itself
  • Chapter 3: The Ideal in Practice
  • Chapter 4: Making a Choice
  • Chapter 5: The Compromise Called For
  • Chapter 6: The Parks as They Ought to Be
  • Chapter 7: "At the Core of All This Wilderness and Luxury"
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Policy Statement: The Meaning of National Parks Today
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index