Preserving Different Pasts: The American National Monuments

1989 University of Illinois Press hardcover, C printing, Hal Rothman (The New Urban Park: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Civic Environmentalism). The national monuments that exist today within our national parks are often perceived as icons of a romantic or even a mythic past Seldom, however, do very personal crusades that were waged to preserve these natural and culture resources intrude upon the public consciousness? Even less frequently are the preservation efforts of the past valued for what they tell us about American culture and how the values of that culture have changed over time. www.researchgate.net