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Blazing heritage [electronic resource] : a history of wildland fire in the national parks / Hal K. Rothman.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (viii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (chiefly col.).ISBN: 9780199788958 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Wildfires -- United States -- History | Forest fires -- United States -- History | National parks and reserves -- United States -- History | Fire management -- United States -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195311167DDC classification: 363.379 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and meaning to the public, they were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. This tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and meaning to the public, they were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. This tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.