National parks : the American experience /
Runte, Alfred,1947-
Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth : Taylor Trade Pub.,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Paradise lost -- The American West -- Yellowstone -- Worthless lands -- The march of monumentalism -- See America first -- Complete conservation -- Ecology denied -- Schemers and standard-bearers -- Tradition triumphant -- The lesson of the big trees -- Ideals and controversies of expansion -- Decision in Alaska -- Into the twenty-first century : encirclement and uncertainty -- Epilogue: The future of national parks.
National parks and reserves