Benton MacKaye : conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail

Benton MacKaye : conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail /

"Planner and originator of the Appalachian Trail and a cofounder of the Wilderness Society, Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) was a pioneer in linking the concepts of preservation and recreation. Spanning three-quarters of a century, his long and productive career had a major impact on emerging moveme...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Anderson, Larry, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
Series:Creating the North American landscape.
Subjects:
MacKaye, Benton, > 1879-1975.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Regional planners > United States > Biography.
Appalachian Trail > History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
v > Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Expedition 9"
  • The MacKaye Inheritance, 1879-1896
  • From Harvard Yard to the "Primaevial Forest," 1896-1903
  • The Education of a Progressive Forester, 1903-1911
  • Raising Hell, 1911-1915
  • Reclaiming America's Wild Lands for Work and Play, 1915-1916
  • Employment and Natural Resources, 1917-1919
  • Turning Point, 1919-1921
  • First Steps along the Appalachian Trail, 1921-1923
  • The Regional Planning Association of America and the Appalachian Trail Conference, 1923-1925
  • The New Exploration, 1925-1928
  • Trailwork and the "Townless Highway," 1928-1931
  • "RP = TH + AT + HT," a Formula for the New Deal, 1931-1933
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1936
  • The Wilderness Society, 1934-1936
  • "Watershed Democracy," 1936-1945
  • Wilderness in a Changing World, 1937-1950
  • "Geotechnics of North America," 1944-1972
  • Linking Action with Prophecy, 1953-1975
  • Epilogue: A "Planetary Feeling"
  • "An Appalachian Trail," / Benton MacKaye.

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