Olmsted and Yosemite : civil war, abolition, and the national park idea
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Amherst, Mass. : Library of American Landscape History, [2022].
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Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, -- 1822-1903.
Parks -- California -- Yosemite Valley -- History.
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Slavery -- United States.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- History.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, -- 1822-1903.
Parks -- California -- Yosemite Valley -- History.
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Slavery -- United States.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- History.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- History.
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Published
Amherst, Mass. : Library of American Landscape History, [2022].
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186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical reference (pages 151-165) and index.
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A different narrative of the founding of the national park system. For far too long, all the credit for the national parks has been vested with either mythic "rugged Western pioneers" or a "visionary" like John Muir or Theodore Roosevelt. It is time to revisit Olmsted's Yosemite Report and its enduring vision of popular government using its resources to improve people's lives as an important element to those who fought for a new birth of American freedom. Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr demonstrate how anti-slavery activism, war, and the remaking of the federal government gave rise to the American public park and concept of national parks. The authors closely examine Frederick Law Olmsted's 1865 Yosemite Report--the key document that expresses the aspirational vision of making great public parks keystone institutions of a renewed liberal democracy. Both Central Park in New York and Yosemite Valley in California became public parks during the tumultuous years before and during the Civil War" --,publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diamant, R., & Carr, E. (2022). Olmsted and Yosemite: civil war, abolition, and the national park idea . Library of American Landscape History.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamant, Rolf and Ethan. Carr. 2022. Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea. Library of American Landscape History.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamant, Rolf and Ethan. Carr. Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea Library of American Landscape History, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diamant, Rolf., and Ethan Carr. Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea Library of American Landscape History, 2022.
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