Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma

by Ethan Carr

Book Overview

In the years following World War II, Americans visited the national parks in unprecedented numbers, yet Congress held funding at prewar levels and park conditions steadily declined. Elimination of the Civilian Conservation Corps and other New Deal programs further reduced the ability of the federal government to keep pace with the wear and tear on park facilities. To address the problem, in 1956 a ten-year, billion-dollar initiative titled "Mission...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558495878
• ISBN13: 9781558495876
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.1" x 10.3"