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In 1872 Yellowstone was established as a National Park. The name caught the public’s imagination and by the close of the century, other National Parks had been declared, not only in the USA, but also in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Yet as it has spread, the concept has evolved and diversified. In the absence of any international controlling body, individual countries have been free to adapt the concept for their own physical, social and economic environments. Some have established national parks to protect scenery, others to protect ecosystems or wildlife. Tourism has also been a fundamental component of the national parks concept from the beginning and predates ecological justifica...
That pesky, sneaky, window-peeking cat that wanders around the neighborhood, has cordially invited you to view and enjoy some more adventures of Kipper, Beauregard, and Tracker from THE TWO LABS AND A BLOODHOUND, that reside with their humans in North Pownal, Vermont. Chosen Pathways is a collection of short stories, some of which are told from the dogs' point of view of some actual events that have happened. However, the dogs were gracious enough to allow their momma to sneak in and record some fictional stories, for a fee of course. Please be advised that payment was delivered in the form of doggy treats, mostly the chicken and yam wraps that the dogs all so dearly love! So once again, kickback and relax, and enjoy the adventures of all, for every day is an adventure when you are owned by a dog. To view some colored photos of the dogs, please go to www.twolabsandabloodhound.com and follow the links.
This book not only introduces studies and recent contributions to geographers' expanding interest in how people spend their leisure time in space, but seeks to illustrate how recreation and tourism phenomenon are seemingly separate and yet integrated aspects of the wider leisure phenomenon. Each chapter offers a series of insights into how the geographer has approached the analysis of tourism and recreation. (Midwest).
Highlighting the inter-relationships between tourism, leisure and recreation, this revised edition introduces growing theoretical debates (from geography and the wider social science arena) to assess how new conceptualizations of tourism and leisure are advancing knowledge and understanding. Underpinning this book is the concept of the evolving nature of geography and social science, and their role in leading the analysis of the leisure phenomenon as a living subject, which has recently seen significant contributions from the new cultural geographies of consumption and leisure. These developments are clearly introduced, giving readers new to the subject area bite-sized introductions to key i...
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Seeking a taste of unspoiled wilderness, more than eight million people visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Yet few probably realize what makes the park unusual: it was the result of efforts to reclaim wilderness rather than to protect undeveloped land. The Smokies have, in fact, been a human habitat for 8,000 years, and that contact has molded the landscape as surely as natural forces have. In this book, Daniel S. Pierce examines land use in the Smokies over the centuries, describing the pageant of peoples who have inhabited these mountains and then focusing on the twentieth-century movement to create a national park. Drawing on previously unexplored archival materials,...