Blazing Heritage : A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks

Rothman, Hal K.

Oxford University Press Inc（2007/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 304 p.／サイズ 23 color images
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780195311167
• DDC分類 363.379

基本説明

National parks played unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.

Full Description

National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.

Contents

Introduction: The National Parks and Fire
Ch. 1: Fighting Fire on Horseback: The Military in the National Parks, 1872-1916
Ch. 2: The Development of a Fire Management Structure
Ch. 3: A Decade of Transformation: The New Deal and Fire Policy
Ch. 4: Ecology and the Limits of Suppression in the Post War Era
Ch. 5: Allowing Fire in the National Park System
Ch. 6: Managing Fire
Ch. 7: Yellowstone and the Politics of Disaster
Ch. 8: The Hazard of New Fortunes: Outlet, Cerro Grande, and the Twenty-First Century