Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

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Illustrated
2000
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Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.

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Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 204
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 14 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 0195142438
ISBN 13: 9780195142433

Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

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$28.83

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$28.83

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