Title: America's national parks and their keepers /
Authors: Foresta, Ronald A., 1944-; Resources for the Future
Publisher: Resources for the Future ; Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1984
Subjects: United States.; National parks and reserves United States
Contents: FOREWORD – ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Organization of the book -- Use of Interviews -- 2 THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS -- The Beginnings -- Conservation and progressivism -- The public lands -- The Park Service is established -- Securing the base of support -- Threats to agency survival -- Enlisting allies -- Courting the public -- Formula for success -- Expanding the system -- Competition with the Forest Service -- Adding natural areas -- Other new responsibilities -- The accomplishments of Mather and Albright -- From Roosevelt to Kennedy -- The Park Service in the New Deal Era -- Policies under Drury -- Mission 66 -- Wirth and the first directors compared -- 3 THE MODERN ERA -- The crisis of the early 1960s -- Loss of faith in progress -- Outdoor recreation "Crisis" -- The new conservation -- The erosion of outside support -- Environmental groups -- Elite support -- Congress and the National Parks -- The shifting balance of power -- New Congressional Interest in Parks -- Congressional Park politics -- The Park Service within the Executive branch -- Shifts in control -- Searching for new roles -- Internal tensions -- Shifts in authority -- Modern demands --