Managing the Mountains
Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia
Published on 23. November 2010
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-300-14219-8 (ISBN)
Description
Historians have long viewed the massive reshaping of the American landscape during the New Deal era as unprecedented. This book uncovers the early twentieth-century history rich with precedents for the New Deal in forest, park, and agricultural policy. Sara M. Gregg explores the redevelopment of the Appalachian Mountains from the 1910s through the 1930s, finding in this region a changing paradigm of land use planning that laid the groundwork for the national New Deal. Through an intensive analysis of federal planning in Virginia and Vermont, Gregg contextualizes the expansion of the federal government through land use planning and highlights the deep intellectual roots of federal conservation policy.
Reviews / Votes
"Managing the Mountains is an ambitious book... Readers with interests in Vermont land use and in comparative approaches to historical storytelling (whether involving Vermont or not) will find value and interest in that."-Blake Harrison, Vermont History -- Blake Harrison Vermont History Winner of the 2010 Charles A. Weyerhaueser Book Award as given by the Forest History Society -- Charles A. Weyerhaueser Book Award Forest History Society "[A]dmirable ... [helps] develop a deeper appreciation for the labor of environmental historians, historical geographers, and others who make history available to us, and for citizens and government officials at all levels who attempt to tackle issues of social justice and environmental stewardship in real places."-Cheryl Morse, Journal of Regional Science -- Cheryl Morse Journal of Regional Science "...[T]his book is altogether a welcome addition to the expanding field of Japanese migration and transnational American Studies. The book invites readers to think more critically across the national borders and class boundaries that have tended to confine the field of our study until recently."-Yukari Takai, Histoire Sociale/Social History -- Yukari Takai Histoire Sociale/Social HistoryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
30 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-14219-8 (9780300142198)
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Sara M. Gregg
Managing the Mountains
Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia
E-Book
11/2010
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€66.95
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Person
Sara M. Gregg is assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas. She lives in Lawrence, KS.