The Resource Nature's altars : mountains, gender, and American environmentalism, Susan R. Schrepfer
Nature's altars : mountains, gender, and American environmentalism, Susan R. Schrepfer
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- Summary
- "Delving into memoirs and histories, letters and diaries, early photos and old maps, Schrepfer especially compares male and female mountaineering narratives to show the ways in which gender affected what men and women found to value in rocky heights, and how their different perceptions together defined the wilderness preservation movement for the nation. The Sierra Club in particular popularized the mystique of America's mountains, and Schrepfer uses its history to develop a sweeping interpretation of twentieth-century wilderness perceptions and national conservation politics." "Schrepfer follows men like John Muir, Wilderness Society cofounder Robert Marshall, and the Sierra Club's own David Brower into the mountains - and finds them frequently in the company of women. She tells how mountaineering women shaped their lives through high adventure well before the twentieth century, participating in Appalachian mountain clubs and joining men as "Mazamas"--Mountain goats - scaling Oregon's Mount Hood."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 316 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Introduction
- (En)gendering the wilderness, 1860s-1914
- Place naming in the High Sierra
- Masculine sublimes
- Feminine sublimes
- Outdoor experiences and the politics of conservation, 1914-1944
- Mountains as home and garden
- Mountains as the measure of men
- In fire, blossoms, and blood
- In wildness is the preservation of the nation, and the world, 1945-1964
- Mountain conquest family style
- Mountains made wilderness
- Isbn
- 9780700613694
- Label
- Nature's altars : mountains, gender, and American environmentalism
- Title
- Nature's altars
- Title remainder
- mountains, gender, and American environmentalism
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan R. Schrepfer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Delving into memoirs and histories, letters and diaries, early photos and old maps, Schrepfer especially compares male and female mountaineering narratives to show the ways in which gender affected what men and women found to value in rocky heights, and how their different perceptions together defined the wilderness preservation movement for the nation. The Sierra Club in particular popularized the mystique of America's mountains, and Schrepfer uses its history to develop a sweeping interpretation of twentieth-century wilderness perceptions and national conservation politics." "Schrepfer follows men like John Muir, Wilderness Society cofounder Robert Marshall, and the Sierra Club's own David Brower into the mountains - and finds them frequently in the company of women. She tells how mountaineering women shaped their lives through high adventure well before the twentieth century, participating in Appalachian mountain clubs and joining men as "Mazamas"--Mountain goats - scaling Oregon's Mount Hood."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schrepfer, Susan R
- Dewey number
- 333.72/0973
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH76
- LC item number
- .S365 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nature conservation
- Environmentalism
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineering
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Gender Identity
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Nature's altars : mountains, gender, and American environmentalism, Susan R. Schrepfer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- (En)gendering the wilderness, 1860s-1914 -- Place naming in the High Sierra -- Masculine sublimes -- Feminine sublimes -- Outdoor experiences and the politics of conservation, 1914-1944 -- Mountains as home and garden -- Mountains as the measure of men -- In fire, blossoms, and blood -- In wildness is the preservation of the nation, and the world, 1945-1964 -- Mountain conquest family style -- Mountains made wilderness
- Control code
- 57003755
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700613694
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004025533
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, 1 map
- Label
- Nature's altars : mountains, gender, and American environmentalism, Susan R. Schrepfer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- (En)gendering the wilderness, 1860s-1914 -- Place naming in the High Sierra -- Masculine sublimes -- Feminine sublimes -- Outdoor experiences and the politics of conservation, 1914-1944 -- Mountains as home and garden -- Mountains as the measure of men -- In fire, blossoms, and blood -- In wildness is the preservation of the nation, and the world, 1945-1964 -- Mountain conquest family style -- Mountains made wilderness
- Control code
- 57003755
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700613694
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004025533
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, 1 map
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