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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book title
- Democracy s Mountain Public Lands History Volume 5
- ISBN
- 9780806192680
- Subject Area
- Nature, History
- Publication Name
- Democracy's Mountain : Longs Peak and the Unfulfilled Promises of Americas National Parks
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 20th Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Series
- Public Lands History Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 18.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806192682
ISBN-13
9780806192680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11060613453
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Democracy's Mountain : Longs Peak and the Unfulfilled Promises of Americas National Parks
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Subject
Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 20th Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, History
Series
Public Lands History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2022-059276
Reviews
"Anyone who cares about the Colorado Rockies--and, for that matter, everyone committed to democracy, public lands, and the daunting but essential work of making our great outdoors more inclusive--should dive into this lucidly written and wonderfully approachable book."-- Thomas G. Andrews , author of Coyote Valley: Deep History in the High Rockies, " Democracy's Mountain reveals the complex calculus behind national park management and gives us the tools to do better by the environment and by each other. Climbers and Coloradans, park managers and visitors, and anyone concerned with equitable access to public lands in the midst of climate change will enjoy this book."-- Annie Gilbert Coleman , author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies, " Democracy's Mountain reveals the complex calculus behind national park management and gives us the tools to do better by the environment and by each other. Climbers and Coloradans, park managers and visitors, and anyone concerned with equitable access to public lands in the midst of climate change will enjoy this book." -- Annie Gilbert Coleman , author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies, " Democracy's Mountain exposes the complex and fascinating history of our relationship with public lands, each other, and the nation itself."-- Phoebe S. K. Young , author of Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement, Democracy's Mountain exposes the complex and fascinating history of our relationship with public lands, each other, and the nation itself." - Phoebe S. K. Young, author of Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement "Democracy's Mountain reveals the complex calculus behind national park management and gives us the tools to do better by the environment and by each other. Climbers and Coloradans, park managers and visitors, and anyone concerned with equitable access to public lands in the midst of climate change will enjoy this book." - Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies "Anyone who cares about the Colorado Rockies-and, for that matter, everyone committed to democracy, public lands, and the daunting but essential work of making our great outdoors more inclusive-should dive into this lucidly written and wonderfully approachable book." - Thomas G. Andrews, author of Coyote Valley: Deep History in the High Rockies
Series Volume Number
5
Illustrated
Yes
Volume Number
Vol. 5
Synopsis
At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado's northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats-and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and death on the peak, while their activities, equipment, and trash have damaged fragile alpine resources. As a site of outdoor adventure attracting mostly white people, Longs has mirrored the United States' tenacious racial divides, even into the twenty-first century. In telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations-to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy. Too often, it has treated these obligations as competing rather than complementary commitments, reflecting national discord over their meaning and value. Yet the history of Longs also shows us how, over time, climbers, the park, and the NPS have attempted to align these obligations in policy and practice. By putting mountain climbers and their relationship to Longs Peak and its rangers at the center of the story of Rocky Mountain National Park, Alexander exposes the significant role outdoor recreationists have had-as both citizens and privileged adventurers-in shaping the peak's meaning, use, and management. Since 2000, the park has promoted climber enjoyment and safety, helped preserve the environment, facilitated tribal connections to the park, and attracted a more diverse group of visitors and climbers. Yet, Alexander argues, more work needs to be done. Alexander's nuanced account of Longs Peak reveals the dangers of undermining national parks' fundamental obligations and presents a powerful appeal to meet them fairly and fully., At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado's northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats--and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and death on the peak, while their activities, equipment, and trash have damaged fragile alpine resources. As a site of outdoor adventure attracting mostly white people, Longs has mirrored the United States' tenacious racial divides, even into the twenty-first century. In telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations--to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy. Too often, it has treated these obligations as competing rather than complementary commitments, reflecting national discord over their meaning and value. Yet the history of Longs also shows us how, over time, climbers, the park, and the NPS have attempted to align these obligations in policy and practice. By putting mountain climbers and their relationship to Longs Peak and its rangers at the center of the story of Rocky Mountain National Park, Alexander exposes the significant role outdoor recreationists have had--as both citizens and privileged adventurers--in shaping the peak's meaning, use, and management. Since 2000, the park has promoted climber enjoyment and safety, helped preserve the environment, facilitated tribal connections to the park, and attracted a more diverse group of visitors and climbers. Yet, Alexander argues, more work needs to be done. Alexander's nuanced account of Longs Peak reveals the dangers of undermining national parks' fundamental obligations and presents a powerful appeal to meet them fairly and fully., In telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations--to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy.
LC Classification Number
F782.L83A54 2023
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