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Places of quiet beauty : parks, preserves, and environmentalism /

Main Author: Conard, Rebecca.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1997.
Series:The American land and life series
Subjects:
Nature conservation > History. > Iowa
Parks > History. > Iowa
Natural areas > History. > Iowa
Environmentalism > History. > Iowa
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Environmentalism.
Natural areas.
Nature conservation.
Iowa.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21967
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Wayne Franklin
  • Prologue
  • Conservation Parks
  • Pammel's Way
  • Reshaping Park and Conservation Goals in the 1920s
  • Toward a Resource Agency: The Twenty-five-Year Conservation Plan
  • Seeking Balance
  • The Center Does Not Hold
  • The Lightning Rod Decades
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: State Lands in Parks and Preserves, 1918-1996.

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