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Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks
Jay M. Price
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Description for Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks
Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Arizona is home to some of the region's most stunning national parks and monuments and has had a long tradition of strong federal agencies along with effective local governments developing and managing parklands. Before World War II, protecting sites from development seemed counterproductive to a state government dominated by extractive industries. By the late 1950s this state that prided itself on being a tourist destination found its lack of state parks to be an embarrassment. Gateways to the Southwest is a history of the creation of state parks in Arizona, examining the ways in which different types of parks were ... Read more
Arizona is home to some of the region's most stunning national parks and monuments and has had a long tradition of strong federal agencies along with effective local governments developing and managing parklands. Before World War II, protecting sites from development seemed counterproductive to a state government dominated by extractive industries. By the late 1950s this state that prided itself on being a tourist destination found its lack of state parks to be an embarrassment. Gateways to the Southwest is a history of the creation of state parks in Arizona, examining the ways in which different types of parks were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816522873
SKU
V9780816522873
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