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Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National
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Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks Hardback - 1999

by Mark David Spence

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Hardback. New. Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored.
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  • Title Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
  • Author Mark David Spence
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
  • Date 1999-04-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780195118827
  • ISBN 9780195118827 / 0195118820
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.22 x 0.59 in (23.88 x 15.80 x 1.50 cm)
  • Reading level 1750
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Relocation - West, Wilderness areas - Government policy -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-27456
  • Dewey Decimal Code 978.004

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From the publisher

National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places with the links between Indian policy developments and preservationist efforts, this work examines the complex origins of the national parks and the troubling consequences of the American wilderness ideal. The first study to place national park history within the context of the early reservation era, it details the ways that national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.

About the author

Mark David Spence is Assistant Professor of History at Knox College, Illinois.