Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and the Construction of Nature
"Taking about a century of western history as its scope, Selling Yellowstone is particularly valuable for the insights it provides into the complexities of public-private operations in the development of Yellowstone National Park and how those operations altered over time in response to changing attitudes Americans held toward nature and wilderness." MANSEL BLACKFORD, AUTHOR OF FRAGILE PARADISE "This important book shows that - in the world of national parks - geysers, bears, canyons, and waterfalls have more in common with railroads, hotels, automobiles, and capitalism than one might at first imagine." RICHARD WEST SELLARS, AUTHOR OF PRESERVING NATURE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS: A HISTORY "A valuable contribution to the flourishing literature on national parks and tourism." PETER J. BLODGETT, CURATOR, WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS, HUNTINGTON LIBRARY