Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

Historians have long viewed the massive reshaping of the American landscape during the New Deal era as unprecedented. This book uncovers the early twentieth-century history rich with precedents for the New Deal in forest, park, and agricultural policy. Sara M. Gregg explores the redevelopment of the Appalachian Mountains from the 1910s through the 1930s, finding in this region a changing paradigm of land use planning that laid the groundwork for ...

By Sara M. Gregg
Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (June 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300192568
ISBN-13: 978-0300192568
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1547352
Format: PDF ePub djvu book

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