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American green : class, crisis, and the deployment of nature in Central Park, Yosemite, and Yellowstone
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- Creator
- Stephen Germic
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- vii, 151 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780739102282, 0739102281, 9780739102299, 073910229X
- OCLC
- ocm45363853
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index.
- Capital contradictions: Frederick Law Olmsted and the labor of culture -- Olmsted's failure: Yosemite, culture, and productivity -- The (over)production of place -- The nature of violence: crisis and redemption in Yellowstone National Park
Subjects
- National characteristics, American -- Case studies.
- Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
- Financial crises -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Public spaces -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Nature -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Case studies.
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Case studies.
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Yellowstone National Park -- History -- 19th century.