Author: Christopher Johnson
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A sweeping environmental history of a quintessential American wilderness.
This Grand & Magnificent Place
Author: Christopher Johnson
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A sweeping environmental history of a quintessential American wilderness.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A sweeping environmental history of a quintessential American wilderness.
Striking and Picturesque Delineations of the Grand, Beautiful, Wonderful, and Interesting Scenery Around Loch-Earn
Author: Angus M'Diarmid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earn, Loch (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earn, Loch (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This Grand and Magnificent Place
Author: Christopher Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625345196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is the complex story of New Hampshire's White Mountains, from the range's days as the majestic homeland of the Abenaki, first seen by English colonists four centuries ago, to its unassailable standing today as one of America's most beloved national forests, comprising 112,000 acres of protected wilderness. Christopher Johnson, an avid hiker intimately familiar with the White Mountains, achieves two important objectives in This Grand and Magnificent Place. He lovingly explores their rich ecological, political, economic, and cultural history and, more broadly, opens a panoramic window on the evolution of American attitudes and policies toward wilderness over time. Two competing visions of wilderness historically have coexisted in America: the instrumental, in which the wilderness is seen as a conglomeration of resources to be exploited for the benefit of entrepreneurs and consumers, and the aesthetic, in which the wilderness is appreciated for its natural beauty, the personal growth that it stimulates, the national pride it engenders, and the spiritual truth it offers. Johnson never loses sight of this fundamental dichotomy as he shares marvelous true tales of the first intrepid European settlers who "tamed" the Whites. He discusses Ethan Allen Crawford, the area's first innkeeper, the emergence of tourism, and America's love affair with the "wilderness experience"; and he explores tales of Thomas Cole, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other renowned artists who immortalized these mountains in their works. He considers the coming of grand resort hotels--and the contemporaneous wilderness revival--in the late nineteenth century and the passing of the landmark 1911 Weeks Act, which was instrumental in preserving American wilderness in the face of development and threats of irreparable environmental damage. Johnson traces the perilous course of the twentieth-century movement toward wilderness preservation, which has successfully conserved the Whites, an extraordinary American treasure, for future generations. Finally, he poses thoughtful and essential questions regarding the destiny of this American wilderness, exploring the balance between maintaining its usefulness while conserving its glorious heritage. This skillful and accessible history will rivet general readers, students, and professionals interested in the history, culture, and politics of the White Mountains, as well as those fascinated by environmental history and wilderness protection everywhere.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625345196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is the complex story of New Hampshire's White Mountains, from the range's days as the majestic homeland of the Abenaki, first seen by English colonists four centuries ago, to its unassailable standing today as one of America's most beloved national forests, comprising 112,000 acres of protected wilderness. Christopher Johnson, an avid hiker intimately familiar with the White Mountains, achieves two important objectives in This Grand and Magnificent Place. He lovingly explores their rich ecological, political, economic, and cultural history and, more broadly, opens a panoramic window on the evolution of American attitudes and policies toward wilderness over time. Two competing visions of wilderness historically have coexisted in America: the instrumental, in which the wilderness is seen as a conglomeration of resources to be exploited for the benefit of entrepreneurs and consumers, and the aesthetic, in which the wilderness is appreciated for its natural beauty, the personal growth that it stimulates, the national pride it engenders, and the spiritual truth it offers. Johnson never loses sight of this fundamental dichotomy as he shares marvelous true tales of the first intrepid European settlers who "tamed" the Whites. He discusses Ethan Allen Crawford, the area's first innkeeper, the emergence of tourism, and America's love affair with the "wilderness experience"; and he explores tales of Thomas Cole, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other renowned artists who immortalized these mountains in their works. He considers the coming of grand resort hotels--and the contemporaneous wilderness revival--in the late nineteenth century and the passing of the landmark 1911 Weeks Act, which was instrumental in preserving American wilderness in the face of development and threats of irreparable environmental damage. Johnson traces the perilous course of the twentieth-century movement toward wilderness preservation, which has successfully conserved the Whites, an extraordinary American treasure, for future generations. Finally, he poses thoughtful and essential questions regarding the destiny of this American wilderness, exploring the balance between maintaining its usefulness while conserving its glorious heritage. This skillful and accessible history will rivet general readers, students, and professionals interested in the history, culture, and politics of the White Mountains, as well as those fascinated by environmental history and wilderness protection everywhere.
The History of the White Mountains
Author: Lucy Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Life of the Rev. Daniel James Draper, Representative of the Australasian Conference, who was Lost in the “London”, January 11th, 1866 ..
Author: John Christian Symons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects
Author: American Institute of Architects
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Vol. for 1906/07 includes proceedings of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Institute.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Vol. for 1906/07 includes proceedings of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Institute.
Harper's Chicago and the World's Fair
Author: Julian Ralph
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Journal of the ... National Convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic
Author: Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). National Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia
Author: George Bradshaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine, and Portions of Rhenish Germany, Including Elsass and Lothringen; with a Ten Days' Tour in Holland. With Maps and Illustrations
Author: George Bradshaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description