Battles Of The North Country: Wilderness Politics And Recreational Development In The Adirondack State Park, 1920-1980 (Environmental History Of The Northeast)

Introduction : The Adirondack Park as a modern wilderness playground -- Olympic transformations, Part 1 : the re-creation of recreation and the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid -- Cities of tents : development of Adirondack campgrounds during the interwar years -- A mountain to climb : the transformation of Whiteface Mountain and the future of the Adirondacks, 1925-1945 -- A mountain for all seasons? New York State and skiing on Whiteface Mountain, 1945-1971 -- Adirondack sprawl : from the Northway to the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency, 1959-1972 -- "There was once an Adirondack Park" : the struggle over the exurbanization of the Adirondack Park, 1971-1980 -- Olympic transformations, Part 2: The 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid -- Conclusion

• | Author: Jonathan D. Anzalone
• | Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1625343647
• | ISBN-13: 9781625343642