Sellars, Richard West,  1935- <br/><br/>
Preserving nature in the national parks :  a history / 
Richard West Sellars. 
 - New Haven, Conn. ;  London :  Yale University Press,  2009. 
 - xviii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1997. With new preface and epilogue. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-381) and index. 
<br/><br/>Creating tradition : the roots of national park management -- Codifying tradition : the National Park Service Act of 1916 -- Perpetuating tradition : the national parks under Stephen T. Mather, 1916-1929 -- The rise and decline of ecological attitudes, 1929-1940 -- The war and postwar years, 1940-1963 -- Science and the struggle for bureaucratic power : the Leopold era, 1963-1981 -- A house divided : the National Park Service and environmental leadership. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300154146 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. National Park Service --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National parks and reserves--Management--History.--United States<br/>Nature conservation--History.--United States<br/>Natural resources--Management--History.--United States<br/>National parks and reserves--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.680973 SEL