America's National Parks and Their Keepers. 1984. XIV,382 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Contents (main headings): The first fifty years/ The modern era (Thecrisis of the early 1960s/ The erosion of outside support/ Congress andthe National Parks/ The park service within the executive branch/ Searching for new roles)/ Nature policy (Pressure for change/ New parkservice attitudes and policy/ The consequences of change)/ Historypolicy (The breakdown of traditional policy/ Planning for history/Outcomes of history policy)/ Urban National Parks (Urban open spacebecomes a federal issue/ The political and conceptual contexts of theurban parks/ Developing the urban parks)/ Beyond park boundaries (Background/ New opportunities and demands/ Greenline parks and less-than-fee/ Accumulating doubts)/ Conclusion (Public values andagency goals/ Traditional concerns/ The new responsibilities/ Lookingahead)/ Appendix A: Background information/ Appendix B: Interviews/Notes/ Bibliography/ Index.