Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground by Foster, Jonathan
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground by Foster, Jonathan

Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground

This book examines the creation, characteristics, and tribulations of the first United States National Recreation Area. It...
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Author: Jonathan Foster
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground by Foster, Jonathan

Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground

BD$38.50
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground by Foster, Jonathan

Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National Playground

BD$38.50
Author: Jonathan Foster
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
This book examines the creation, characteristics, and tribulations of the first United States National Recreation Area. It also addresses the National Park Service's historic role in managing reservoir-based recreation in a uniquely arid region. First named the Boulder Dam Recreation Area, this parkland was created in 1936 by a memorandum of agreement between the National Park Service and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Over the course of its existence, the area has served as a model for a subsequent system of National Recreation Areas. The area's extreme popularity has, in combination with changing public attitudes regarding preservation and safety, presented the National Park Service with tremendous challenges in recent decades. Jonathan Foster's examination of these challenges and the responses to them reveal an increasingly anxious relationship between the government, the public, and special interest groups in the American West.


Author: Jonathan Foster
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 08/02/2016
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781943859153


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About the Author
Jonathan Foster received his PhD in history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests include the history of water-based recreation, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the American conceptualization of place. Foster is currently a professor of history at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, where he teaches courses on U.S. history, environmental history, modern Nevada, and history of the American West. He also serves as program supervisor for the Bachelor of Arts in Social Science degree.



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