Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service

Contemporary environmental historians have suggested that the history of National Park Service management of national parks since 1916 has resulted in a debacle of overuse and ecosystem destruction. In Wilderness by Design, Ethan Carr goes beyond polemics to examine specific national park policies and the historical contexts that shaped them. Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on histori…