The Promise of Wilderness: American Environmental Politics since 1964

Contents

Foreword vii Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Contents Part One Wilderness and the Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1964–1976 1 Why a Wilderness Act? 17 2 Speaking for Wilderness 43 3 The Popular Politics of Wilderness 71 4 New Environmental Tools for an Old Conservation Issue 101 Part Two The Polarization of American Environmental Politics, 1977–1994 5 Alaska: “The Last Chance to Do It Right the First Time” 141 6 National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics 183 7 The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right 225 Part Three wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987–2009 8 From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform 267 9 The New Prophets of Wilderness 297 10 The Paths to Public Lands Reform 331 Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness Movement 375 Notes 407 Bibliography 481 Index 507 ...