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Yellowstone : the creation and selling of an American landscape, 1870-1903 / Chris J. Magoc.
Main entry:

Magoc, Chris J., 1960-

Title & Author:

Yellowstone : the creation and selling of an American landscape, 1870-1903 / Chris J. Magoc.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press ; Helena : Montana Historical Society Press, ©1999.

Description:

xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
A pleasureing ground -- The selling of wonderland -- 1883: the enterprise -- The eatable parts -- The march of civil improvement -- Indians, animals, and Yellowstone defenders -- From wonderland to ecosystem -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Summary:

"This history explores the conflicted creation of Yellowstone National Park in the late nineteenth century. Post - Civil War Americans legally set aside the Yellowstone to exalt its natural beauty and sublimity but profaned the wilderness with destructive natural resource extraction. To increase passenger and freight traffic over its line, the Northern Pacific Railroad simultaneously codified the sublimity of the Yellowstone wilderness, invested in tourist facilities, promoted the consumption of its scenery, and encouraged the extraction of raw materials. Park defenders successfully battled hunters and miners within Yellowstone boundaries, but they challenged neither park tourism nor nearby industrial development. The consequences now threaten the park's ecological health. The author keys his analysis to fifty-four photographs, illustrations, and maps to demonstrate how the railroad and advertisers helped to create the ultimate American landscape."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0826321194 (alk. paper)
9780826321190 (alk. paper)
0826321208 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780826321206 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Spoorwegmaatschappijen.
Toerisme.
Natuurlijke hulpbronnen.
Natuurbeheer.
Landschapsbeheer.
National parks and reserves Idaho
National parks and reserves Montana
National parks and reserves Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park History.
Yellowstone National Park Histoire.
United States Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207347
Call No.: F722 .M23 1999
Status: Available

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