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Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. This title chronicles how national ideals about what a park ought to be have developed over time and what happens when these ideals are implemented by the National Park Service (NPS).

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List of Illustrations Foreword by David Lowenthal Acknowledgments Introduction: A Management Controversy at Point Reyes 1. Landscapes, Preservation, and the National Park Ideal 2. Public Parks from Private Lands 3. Acquisition and Its Alternatives 4. Parks as (Potential) Wilderness 5. Remaking the Landscape 6. Reassertion of the Park Ideal 7. The Politics of Preservation Conclusion: Point Reyes as a Leopoldian Park Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 22/11/2016
      ISBN13: 9780520277083, 978-0520277083
      ISBN10: 0520277082
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. This title chronicles how national ideals about what a park ought to be have developed over time and what happens when these ideals are implemented by the National Park Service (NPS).

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Foreword by David Lowenthal Acknowledgments Introduction: A Management Controversy at Point Reyes 1. Landscapes, Preservation, and the National Park Ideal 2. Public Parks from Private Lands 3. Acquisition and Its Alternatives 4. Parks as (Potential) Wilderness 5. Remaking the Landscape 6. Reassertion of the Park Ideal 7. The Politics of Preservation Conclusion: Point Reyes as a Leopoldian Park Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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