Blazing heritage : a history of wildland fire in the national parks / Hal K. Rothman.

Author: Rothman, Hal, 1958-2007.

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Descriptionviii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Note:Fighting fire on horseback: the military in the national parks, 1872-1916 -- The development of a fire management structure -- A decade of transformation: the new deal and fire policy -- Ecology and the limits of suppression in the Postwar Era -- Allowing fire in the national park system -- Managing fire -- Yellowstone and the politics of disaster -- The hazard of new fortunes: outlet, cerro grande, and the twenty-fire century.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.

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