Dispossessing the wilderness Indian removal and the making of the national parks
Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the US from the antebellum era to the early 20th century, Spence shows how the early conception of the wilderness as a place where Indians lived gave way to the idealisation of uninhabited wilderness
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2000, 2000
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the US from the antebellum era to the early 20th century, Spence shows how the early conception of the wilderness as a place where Indians lived gave way to the idealisation of uninhabited wilderness |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 190 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199848812 |