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OverviewThe Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior. But this seemingly pristine wilderness has been shaped and reshaped by humans. The people who lived and worked in the Apostles built homes, cleared fields, and cut timber in the island forests. The consequences of human choices made more than a century ago can still be read in today's wild landscapes. A Storied Wilderness traces the complex history of human interaction with the Apostle Islands. In the 1930s, resource extraction made it seem like the islands' natural beauty had been lost forever. But as the island forests regenerated, the ways that people used and valued the islands changed - human and natural processes together led to the rewilding of the Apostles. In 1970, the Apostles were included in the national park system and ultimately designated as the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness. How should we understand and value wild places with human pasts? James Feldman argues convincingly that such places provide the opportunity to rethink the human place in nature. The Apostle Islands are an ideal setting for telling the national story of how we came to equate human activity with the loss of wilderness characteristics, when in reality all of our cherished wild places are the products of the complicated interactions between human and natural history. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frECwkA6oHs Full Product DetailsAuthor: James W. Feldman , William CrononPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780295992921ISBN 10: 0295992921 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 26 February 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword by William CrononAcknowledgements Introduction. Stories in the Wilderness1. Lines in the Forest2. Creating a Legible Fishery3. Consuming the Islands4. Sand Island Stories5. A Tale of Two Parks: Rewilding the Islands, 1929-19706. Rewilding and the Manager's DilemmaEpilogue Reading Legible Landscapes NotesSelected BibliographyIndexReviewsThis remarkably rich and complex book would be a useful resource for courses in environmental studies, historical or environmental geography, environmental history, or tourism and recreation studies... A thoroughly researched, highly readable account of the rewilding of a landscape. Highly recommended. Choice Author InformationJames W. Feldman is associate professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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