Yosemite : the embattled wilderness / Alfred Runte ; foreword by Jarrell C. Jackman.

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"This history of Yosemite follows it as the seat of controversy affecting the evolution of national parks, from its path-breaking establishment in 1864 as a grant to California, 1890 expansion into a national park, boundary reductions and loss of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, evolution of wildlife scienc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Runte, Alfred, 1947- (Author)
Other Authors: Jackman, Jarrell C. (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2020]
Edition:Revised and updated edition.
Subjects:
Natural history > California > Yosemite National Park.
Nature conservation > California > Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) > Management.
Natural resources > California > Yosemite National Park.
Management.
Natural history.
Natural resources.
Nature conservation.
California > Yosemite National Park.
Physical Description:xxii, 282 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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