Bibliograph

A wild idea, how the environmental movement tamed the Adirondacks, Brad Edmondson

Type

Label

A wild idea, how the environmental movement tamed the Adirondacks, Brad Edmondson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A wild idea

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1202225013

Responsibility statement

Brad Edmondson

Sub title

how the environmental movement tamed the Adirondacks

Summary

"The history of a globally significant land-use plan for New York State's six-million-acre Adirondack Park, the environmentalists who worked for decades to turn it into law, and the opponents who rose to meet them"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: two views of the landscape -- Whose woods these are -- A three-year vacation -- Forever Northway -- Brotherly love -- Going rogue -- Order must be -- Pass the f*cking thing -- The big map -- The nature business -- The big push -- Cashing the chips -- Conclusion: convinced against their will

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