Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to the 2009 Edition xiii
4. Preface xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Creating Tradition: The Roots of National Park Management 7
7. Chapter 2. Codifying Tradition: The National Park Service Act of 1916 28
8. Chapter 3. Perpetuating Tradition: The National Parks under Stephen T. Mather, 1916–1929 47
9. Chapter 4. The Rise and Decline of Ecological Attitudes, 1929–1940 91
10. Chapter 5. The War and Postwar Years, 1940–1963 149
11. Chapter 6. Science and the Struggle for Bureaucratic Power: The Leopold Era, 1963–1981 204
12. Chapter 7. A House Divided: The National Park Service and Environmental Leadership 267
13. Epilogue 291
14. Abbreviations 309
15. Notes 311
16. Acknowledgments 383
17. Index 387