From Swamp to Wetland: The Creation of Everglades National Park
(Part of the Environmental History and the American South Series)
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This book chronicles the creation of Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This effort, which spanned 1928 to 1958, was of central importance to the later emergence of modern environmentalism. Prior to the park's creation, the Everglades was seen as a reviled and useless swamp, unfit for typical recreational or development projects. The region's unusual makeup also made it an unlikely candidate to become...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820362387
ISBN13:9780820362380
Release Date:August 2022
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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