Revolutionary parks
Subtitle: conservation, social justice, and Mexico's national parks, 1910-1940
By: Emily Wakild
Series: Latin American landscapes; Latin American landscapes
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780816529575
Subjects: Politics and government; Nature conservation; Social justice; Social policy; Environmental conditions; Protection; Cultural property; Environmental policy; Landscape protection; National parks and reserves; Cultural policy; History
Description: "'Revolutionary Parks' tells the surprising story of how forty national parks were created in Mexico during the latter stages of the first social revolution of the twentieth century. By 1940 Mexico had more nationall parks than any other country. Together they protected more than two million acres of land in fourteen states. Even more remarkable, Lazaro Cardenas, president of Mexico in the 1930s, began to promote concepts akin to sustainable development and ecotourism. With affinities for both rational science and social justice, the revolutionary state's park system turned out to be an episode of suprising governmental foresight." -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Creating a cultural patrimony of nature; title: Science : elite societies, revolutionary conservation, and national park development; title: Education : restoring nature and rebuilding society in Lagunas de Zempoala National Park; title: Productivity : forest industries and national landscapes in Mexico's Popocatépetl-Iztaccíhuatl National Park; title: Property : ecological plagues and legal frameworks in La Malinche National Park; title: Tradition : community environmentalism and naturalized patrimony in El Tepozteco National Park; title: Conclusion: Just parks? : a silent failure with enduring lessons; title: Appendix A: National park declarations and contents, 1935-1941; title: Appendix B: Sample of entries in the visitors log at Lagunas de Zempoala, August 1938; title: Appendix C: Classifications of entries for occupations with more than one visitor for Lagunas de Zempoala, 1938