Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement

by Paul S. Sutter

Book Overview

In its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats from industrial and agricultural activities than by concern over the impacts of automobile owners seeking recreational opportunities in wild areas. Countless commercial and government purveyors vigorously promoted the mystique of travel to breathtakingly scenic places, and roads and highways were built to facilitate such travel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295982209
• ISBN13: 9780295982205
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher