Blazing heritage : a history of wildland fire in the national parks /
by Rothman, Hal.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: viii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0195311167 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780195311167 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Wildfires -- History. -- United States | Forest fires -- History. -- United States | National parks and reserves -- History. -- United States | Fire management -- History. -- United StatesOnline resources: Publisher description
Contents:
Fighting fire on horseback: the military in the national parks, 1872-1916 -- The development of a fire management structure -- A decade of transformation: the new deal and fire policy -- Ecology and the limits of suppression in the Postwar Era -- Allowing fire in the national park system -- Managing fire -- Yellowstone and the politics of disaster -- The hazard of new fortunes: outlet, cerro grande, and the twenty-fire century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.
Fighting fire on horseback: the military in the national parks, 1872-1916 -- The development of a fire management structure -- A decade of transformation: the new deal and fire policy -- Ecology and the limits of suppression in the Postwar Era -- Allowing fire in the national park system -- Managing fire -- Yellowstone and the politics of disaster -- The hazard of new fortunes: outlet, cerro grande, and the twenty-fire century.
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