The Promise of Wilderness American Environmental Politics Since 1964

Foreword

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One

Wilderness and the Origins of

Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976

1 Why a Wilderness Act?

2 Speaking for Wilderness

3 The Popular Politics of Wilderness

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"

6 National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics

7 The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right

Part Three

wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987-2009

8 From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform

9 The New Prophets of Wilderness

10 The Paths to Public Lands Reform

Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness

Movement

Notes

Bibliography

Index