Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 307 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm

Subject

1. Cultural landscapes > Conservation and restoration > Massachusetts > Cape Cod > History
2. National parks and reserves > Massachusetts > Cape Cod > History
3. History
4. Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.) > History
5. Massachusetts > Cape Cod National Seashore

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I. Discovering the Seashore. National parks and national seashores ; Early land conservation on Cape Cod -- Part II. Creating the Seashore. The "birth throes of a national park" ; Preserving a "way of life" ; The "Cape Cod Model" ; Designing the park -- Part III. Managing the Seashore. Recreation and stewardship ; Camping, beaches, and erosion ; The cultural components of character ; Cultural landscapes and modern houses -- Conclusion.

Call number

1. JFF 19-2345

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.

Author

1. Carr, Ethan, 1958- author.

Title

1. The greatest beach : a history of Cape Cod National Seashore / Ethan Carr.

Publisher

1. Amherst, Massachusetts : Library of American Landscape History ; Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.

ISBN

1. 9780820355580 hardcover
2. 0820355585 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFF 19-2345