Driven Wild How the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books 1st Edition by Paul S. Sutter 0295982195 9780295982199

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• ISBN 10: 0295989904
• ISBN 13:9780295982199
• Author: Paul S. Sutter

In its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats from industrial and agricultural activities than by concern over the impacts of automobile owners seeking recreational opportunities in wild areas. Countless commercial and government purveyors vigorously promoted the mystique of travel to breathtakingly scenic places, and roads and highways were built to facilitate such travel. By the early 1930s, New Deal public works programs brought these trends to a startling crescendo. The dilemma faced by stewards of the nation’s public lands was how to protect the wild qualities of those places while accommodating, and often encouraging, automobile-based tourism. By 1935, the founders of the Wilderness Society had become convinced of the impossibility of doing both.

Table contents:

1. The Problem of the Wilderness
2. Knowing Nature through Leisure: Outdoor Recreation during the Interwar Years
3. A Blank Spot on the Map: Aldo Leopold
4. Advertising the Wild: Robert Sterling Yard
5. Wilderness as Regional Plan: Benton MacKaye
6. The Freedom of the Wilderness: Bob Marshall
7. Epilogue: A Living Wilderness

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