Main entry:

Anderson, Larry, 1950-

Title & Author:

Benton MacKaye : conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail / Larry Anderson.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2002.

Description:

xi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Expedition 9" -- The MacKaye Inheritance, 1879-1896 -- From Harvard Yard to the "Primaevial Forest," 1896-1903 -- The Education of a Progressive Forester, 1903-1911 -- Raising Hell, 1911-1915 -- Reclaiming America's Wild Lands for Work and Play, 1915-1916 -- Employment and Natural Resources, 1917-1919 -- Turning Point, 1919-1921 -- First Steps along the Appalachian Trail, 1921-1923 -- The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian Trail Conference, 1923-1925 -- The New Exploration, 1925-1928 -- Trailwork and the "Townless Highway," 1928-1931 -- "RP = TH + AT + HT," a Formula for the New Deal, 1931-1933 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1936 -- The Wilderness Society, 1934-1936 -- "Watershed Democracy," 1936-1945 -- Wilderness in a Changing World, 1937-1950 -- "Geotechnics of North America," 1944-1972 -- Linking Action with Prophecy, 1953-1975 -- Epilogue: A "Planetary Feeling" -- "An Appalachian Trail," / Benton MacKaye.

Summary:

"Planner and originator of the Appalachian Trail and a cofounder of the Wilderness Society, Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) was a pioneer in linking the concepts of preservation and recreation. Spanning three-quarters of a century, his long and productive career had a major impact on emerging movements in conservation, environmentalism, regional planning, and, most recently, New Urbanism. MacKaye's seminal ideas on outdoor recreation, wilderness protection, land-use planning, community development, and transportation have inspired generations of activists, professionals, and adventurers seeking to strike a harmonious balance between human need and the natural environment." "This pioneering biography provides the first complete portrait of this significant and unique figures in American environmental, intellectual, and cultural history. Drawing on extensive research, Larry Anderson traces MacKaye's career, examines his many published works, and describes the importance of MacKaye's relationships with such influential figures as Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Myron Avery, and Walter Lippmann. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning and American studies, as well as to general readers interested in these subjects."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0801869021 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801869020 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801890949
0801890942

Subject:

MacKaye, Benton, 1879-1975.
MacKaye, Benton.
Conservationists United States Biography.
Regional planners United States Biography.
Aménageurs États-Unis Biographies.
Conservationists.
Regional planners.
Recursos naturais (conservação)
Appalachian Trail History.
Appalachian Trail Histoire.
United States.
United States Appalachian Trail.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260829
Call No.: BIB 191743
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available