Nature's altars
Subtitle: mountains, gender, and American environmentalism
By: Susan R. Schrepfer.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Nature conservation -- United States -- History; Environmentalism -- United States -- History; Mountains -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: (En)gendering the wilderness, 1860s-1914; title: Place naming in the High Sierra; title: Masculine sublimes; title: Feminine sublimes; title: Outdoor experiences and the politics of conservation, 1914-1944; title: Mountains as home and garden; title: Mountains as the measure of men; title: In fire, blossoms, and blood; title: In wildness is the preservation of the nation, and the world, 1945-1964; title: Mountain conquest family style; title: Mountains made wilderness.