Dispossessing the Wilderness
Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
Published on 27. May 1999
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-19-511882-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the ideal of wilderness preservation in the United States from the antebellum era to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how the early conception of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived (or should live) gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. It focuses on specific policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks from the early 1870s to the 1930s.
Reviews / Votes
Dispossessing the Wilderness has many virtues. Accurate, detailed accounts of the creation of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks rest on solid research, as does the story at Yosemite. * The Journal of American History * Adding to recent scholarship exploring the cultural construction of nature, this succinct study opens up new areas of research in park service scholarship and paves the way for a more comprehensive study of the role and place of Native Americans in the national parks * The Historian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 halftones, 1 line figure, 3 maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511882-7 (9780195118827)
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12/2000
Oxford University Press Inc
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E-Book
04/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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04/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Person
Mark David Spence is Assistant Professor of History at Knox College, Illinois.
Content
Introduction: From Common Ground
1: Looking Backward and Westward: The "Indian Wilderness" in the Antebellum Era
2: The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands
3: Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone
4: First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park
5: Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area
6: Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park
7: The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916
8: Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969
Conclusion: Exceptions and the Rule
1: Looking Backward and Westward: The "Indian Wilderness" in the Antebellum Era
2: The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands
3: Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone
4: First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park
5: Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area
6: Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park
7: The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916
8: Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969
Conclusion: Exceptions and the Rule