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Book The State Park Movement in America

Download or read book The State Park Movement in America written by Ney C. Landrum and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2013-08-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentially a phenomenon of the twentieth century, America’s pioneering state park movement has grown rapidly and innovatively to become one of the most important forces in the preservation of open spaces and the provision of public outdoor recreation in the country. During this time, the movement has been influenced and shaped by many factors—social, cultural, and economic—resulting in a wide variety of expressions. While everyone agrees that the state park movement has been a positive and beneficial force on the whole, there seems to be an increasing divergence of thought as to exactly what direction the movement should take in the future. In The State Park Movement in America, Ney Landrum, recipient of almost two dozen honors and awards for his service to state and national parks, places the movement for state parks in the context of the movements for urban and local parks on one side and for national parks on the other. He traces the evolution of the state park movement from its imprecise and largely unconnected origins to its present status as an essential and firmly established state government responsibility, nationwide in scope. Because the movement has taken a number of separate, but roughly parallel, paths and produced differing schools of thought concerning its purpose and direction, Landrum also analyzes the circumstances and events that have contributed to these disparate results and offers critical commentary based on his long tenure in the system. As the first study of its kind, The State Park Movement in America will fill a tremendous void in the literature on parks. Given that there are more than five thousand state parks in the United States, compared with fewer than five hundred national parks and historic sites, this history is long overdue. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with federal, state, or local parks, as well as to land resource managers generally.

Book Presenting Nature

Download or read book Presenting Nature written by Linda Flint McClelland and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1993 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Building the National Parks

Download or read book Building the National Parks written by Linda Flint McClelland and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt, who realized the need to improve intelligence during wartime. A rigorous recruitment process enlisted agents from both the armed services and civilians to produce operational groups specializing in different foreign areas including Italy, Norway, Yugoslavia and China. At its peak in 1944, the number of men and women working in the service totaled nearly 13,500. This intriguing story of the origins and development of the American espionage forces covers all of the different departments involved, with a particular emphasis on the courageous teams operating in the field. The volume is illustrated with many photographs, including images from the film director John Ford who led the OSS Photographic Unit and parachuted into Burma in 1943.

Book Design on the Land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norman T. Newton
  • Publisher : La Editorial, UPR
  • Release : 1971
  • ISBN : 9780674198708
  • Pages : 756 pages

Download or read book Design on the Land written by Norman T. Newton and published by La Editorial, UPR. This book was released on 1971 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Book Yearbook  Park and Recreation Progress

Download or read book Yearbook Park and Recreation Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Relief  Recreation  Racism

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  • Author : Robert A. Waller
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2017-12-28
  • ISBN : 1543462375
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Relief Recreation Racism written by Robert A. Waller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the literature dealing with the Civilian Conservation Corps, South Carolina does not figure prominently in most histories of the Great Depression story. That neglect should be corrected! It is important to recognize the ways in which racism has permeated our society, sometimes blatant and sometimes subtle. While the focus is South Carolina, the particulars are representative of what happened in CCC camps across the nation. As one of the most popular facets of President Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal, the activities and antics of the CCC boys deserve attention. My primary purpose in writing this book is to assist teachers and librarians and their upper level elementary and high school students in understanding this crucial but understudied era in South Carolinas history. These readers and a more general South Carolina audience could identify with a nearby place or make a family connection.

Book Wilderness by Design

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  • Author : Ethan Carr
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803263833
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Wilderness by Design written by Ethan Carr and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.

Book Nature s New Deal

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  • Author : Neil M. Maher
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 0195306015
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Nature s New Deal written by Neil M. Maher and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Book Service Bulletin

Download or read book Service Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oak Glen  a Training Camp for Unemployed Youth

Download or read book Oak Glen a Training Camp for Unemployed Youth written by Jane Roberts Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Study of a training centre of unemployed youth in the 16-21 age group likely to continue in unemployment because of lack of skills or abilities - effectiveness of the training programmes, extent of benefit to trainees who did not complete the course, beneficial factors within the camp, characteristics of successful and unsuccessful trainees. Curriculum. Bibliography pp. 32 to 49.

Book Civilian Conservation Corps Program of the United States Department of the Interior  March 1933 to June 30  1943

Download or read book Civilian Conservation Corps Program of the United States Department of the Interior March 1933 to June 30 1943 written by Conrad Louis Wirth and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Manpower automation Research Monograph

Download or read book Manpower automation Research Monograph written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oak Glen  a Training Camp for Unemployed Youth

Download or read book Oak Glen a Training Camp for Unemployed Youth written by Jane R. Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Catalog  United States Public Documents

Download or read book Monthly Catalog United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: