Wilderness in National Parks

John C. Miles is professor of environmental studies at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Wilderness and the Origins of National Parks2. Wilderness and the New Agency3. Wilderness Becomes an Issue for the Park Service4. Preservation of the Primeval in the Post-Mather Era5. More Ferment and Expansion6. From the War to Director Wirth7. The Drive for a Wilderness Act8. A Hesitant Start at Implementation9. Wilderness Reviews Reluctantly Completed10. Wilderness in Alaska11. A New Sort of National Park Wilderness12. Park Wilderness after the Reviews13. The Work ContinuesEpilogueNotesSourcesIndex

"Wilderness in National Parks is timely, original, ambitious, and comprehensive. It's a big book on a big subject." William Dietrich, author of Natural Grace: The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants "Wilderness in National Parks is an extensively researched chronological narrative of specific events driving the internal debate within the National Park Service about whether and how to treat the concept of wilderness in managing the national parks. I highly recommend the book." - Timothy Duane, University of California, Berkeley, and Vermont Law School "John Miles's Wilderness in National Parks is a well-conceived treatment of the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and wilderness and all of its proponents. He hits the right themes and nicely negotiates the twists and turns of policy. This is a solid addition to the bookshelf of national park histories." - Hal Rothman, author of The New Urban Park: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Civic Environmentalism