Nature's Spectacle: The World's First National Parks and Protected Places

by John Sheail

Book Overview

National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed.

The book celebrates the deserved attractiveness of the parks as wilderness or 'spectacle' to millions of visitors, but also emphasises how there was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415849683
• ISBN13: 9780415849685
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"