| #1951964 in Books | Theodore Catton | 1997-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.70 x5.98l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 309 pages | Inhabited Wilderness Indians Eskimos and National Parks in Alaska||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| An important part of any national park library|By Arthur Digbee|This book began as an administrative history of Glacier Bay National Monument, written when Catton was a graduate student. He has turned it into much more, a wide-ranging examination of how we view "wilderness," subsistence hunting and fishing, and relationships between national parks and Native peoples. Those issu||"Written with clarity and flair, this first-rate work . . . contains insightful analysis throughout, and it represents a significant contribution to the literature on the national parks. Those interested in wilderness, the native rights movement, the place of
This volume, the first in the New American West Series edited by Elliott West, explores Alaska's vast national-park system and the evolution of wilderness concepts in the twentieth century. After World War II, Alaska's traditional Eskimos, Indians, and whites still trapped, hunted, and fished in the forests. Their presence challenged the uninhabited national parks and forced a complex debate over "inhabited wilderness." Focusing on three principal national parks--Glac...
You easily download any file type for your device.Inhabited Wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska (New American West Series) | Theodore Catton. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
