David Louter

Windshield Wilderness

Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

New in Paperback--David Louter explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. He traces the history of Washington State's national parks--Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades--and considers what it means to view parks from the road and through a windshield.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780295990217
• ISBN-10: 029599021X
• Artikelnr.: 28241829

Autorenporträt

David Louter is a historian with the National Park Service in Seattle, Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Foreword by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Nature as We See It
1. Glaciers and Gasoline: Mount Rainier as a Windshield Wilderness
2. The Highway in Nature: Mount Rainier and the National Park Service
3. Wilderness with a View: Olympic and the New Roadless Park
4. A Road Runs Through It: A Wilderness Park for the North Cascades
5. Wilderness Threshold: North Cascades and a New Concept of National Parks
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index