A History of National Capital Parks
Author: United States. Office of National Capital Parks
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 152
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Washington DC
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Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 180
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCivilizing Nature
Author: Bernhard Gissibl
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0857455273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNational parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.
The National Parks
Author: Barry Mackintosh
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCapital Splendor: Parks & Gardens of Washington, D.C.
Author: Barbara Glickman
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Published: 2012-03-27
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0881509825
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an illustrated tour of over thirty gardens in the Washington D.C. area, profiling such sites as Dumbarton Oaks, Rock Creek Park, the Smithsonian Gardens, and Mount Vernon.
America's National Park System
Author: Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-02-18
Total Pages: 507
ISBN-13: 1442256842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; Park Service self-evaluations; and outside studies by a range of scientists, conservation organizations, private groups, and businesses. A new appendix includes summaries of pivotal court cases that have further interpreted the Park Service mission.
Worthy of the Nation
Author: United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2006-11-19
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780801883286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrated with plans, maps, and new and historic photographs, the second edition of Worthy of the Nation provides researchers and general readers with an appealing and authoritative view of the planning and evolution of the federal district.
Chocolate City
Author: Chris Myers Asch
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2017-10-17
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 1469635879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But D.C. is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing D.C.'s massive transformations--from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from "Chocolate City" to "Latte City--Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.
Passport to Your National Parks
Author: Eastern National
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Published: 2016-08-16
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781590911761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.
