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Pilgrimage to the national parks : religion and nature in the United States
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- Creator
- Lynn Ross-Bryant
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0415893801, 9781136207266, 1283844478, 1136207260, 1136207252, 9780415893800, 0203094468, 9780203094464, 9781136207259, 9781283844475, 1138109339
- OCLC
- ocn741542087, ocn821175656, ocn819136825
- "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Our national parks -- Part I: The New World -- Yosemite : New World sublimity -- The dream of Yellowstone : progress in the pristine land -- Part II: See America first -- Seeing America in Grand Canyon and Glacier national parks -- The national park idea -- Part III: Wilderness and beyond -- Mythic and scientific America -- The wilderness idea -- Unbounded possibilities -- Epilogue: Pilgrimage and the future of the national parks
Subjects
- National parks and reserves -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
- National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- History.
- Nature -- Religious aspects -- History.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- United States -- History.
- Wilderness areas -- United States -- History.
- Sacred space -- United States -- History.
- National characteristics, American -- History.