Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010
A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Big and small, rural and urban, these green spaces represent more than a century of preservation efforts on the part of philanthropic foundations, planning professionals, state agencies, and most importantly, community-based conservation organizations. Taken together, they highlight one of the most significant advances in land stewardship in US history.

Democratic Spaces explains how these protected places came into being and what they represent for New Englanders and the nation at large. While early New Englanders worked to save local fish, timber, and game resources from outside exploitation, no land-stewardship organizations existed before the founding of the Trustees of Public Reservations in Boston in 1891. Across a century of dramatic change, New England preservationists through this and other, smaller community-based land trusts preserved open spaces for an ever-widening circle of citizens.

1143231127
Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010
A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Big and small, rural and urban, these green spaces represent more than a century of preservation efforts on the part of philanthropic foundations, planning professionals, state agencies, and most importantly, community-based conservation organizations. Taken together, they highlight one of the most significant advances in land stewardship in US history.

Democratic Spaces explains how these protected places came into being and what they represent for New Englanders and the nation at large. While early New Englanders worked to save local fish, timber, and game resources from outside exploitation, no land-stewardship organizations existed before the founding of the Trustees of Public Reservations in Boston in 1891. Across a century of dramatic change, New England preservationists through this and other, smaller community-based land trusts preserved open spaces for an ever-widening circle of citizens.

99.0 In Stock
Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010

Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010

by Richard W. Judd
Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010

Democratic Spaces: Land Preservation in New England, 1850-2010

by Richard W. Judd

Overview

A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Big and small, rural and urban, these green spaces represent more than a century of preservation efforts on the part of philanthropic foundations, planning professionals, state agencies, and most importantly, community-based conservation organizations. Taken together, they highlight one of the most significant advances in land stewardship in US history.

Democratic Spaces explains how these protected places came into being and what they represent for New Englanders and the nation at large. While early New Englanders worked to save local fish, timber, and game resources from outside exploitation, no land-stewardship organizations existed before the founding of the Trustees of Public Reservations in Boston in 1891. Across a century of dramatic change, New England preservationists through this and other, smaller community-based land trusts preserved open spaces for an ever-widening circle of citizens.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625347589
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date: 12/22/2023
Series: Environmental History of the Northeast
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

RICHARD W. JUDD is professor emeritus at the University of Maine and author of numerous books, including Second Nature: An Environmental History of New England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1
The Art of Public Improvement
Iconography in Rural New England

Chapter 2
Awakening the Preservation Spirit
The Trustees of Public Reservations

Chapter 3
Stewardship Strategies
The Trustees in the Twentieth Century

Chapter 4
The Land Trust Explosion
Grassroots Preservation in the 1960s and 1970s

Chapter 5
Reimagining Urban Spaces
Preservation in the City, 1980-2000

Chapter 6
Middle-Way Preservation in the Era of Ecosystem Management, 1990-2010

Conclusion

Notes
Index


 
From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of

Customer Reviews