A wild idea how the environmental movement tamed the Adirondacks / Brad Edmondson.

Author/creator Edmondson, Brad
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Descriptionvi, 295 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020050823
ISBN9781501759017 (hardcover)
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