Nature's Altars: Mountains, Gender, and American Environmentalism

by Susan R. Schrepfer

Book Overview

From the ancient Appalachians to the high Sierra, mountains have always symbolized wilderness for Americans. Susan Schrepfer unfolds the history of our fascination with high peaks and rugged terrain to tell how mountains have played a dramatic role in shaping American ideas about wilderness and its regulation.

Delving into memoirs and histories, letters and diaries, early photos and old maps, Schrepfer especially compares male and female mountaineering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700613692
• ISBN13: 9780700613694
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"