The Antiquities Act : a century of American archaeology, historic preservation, and nature conservation

Harmon, David, 1958- (Added Author). McManamon, Francis P. (Added Author). Pitcaithley, Dwight T. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0816525609 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780816525607 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816525617 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780816525614 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
ix, 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The origins of the Antiquities Act / Ronald F. Lee -- Edgar Lee Hewett and the politics of archaeology / Raymond Harris Thompson -- John F. Lacey : conservation's public servant / Rebecca Conard -- Landmark decision : the Antiquities Act, big-stick conservation, and the modern state / Char Miller -- Showdown at Jackson Hole : a monumental backlash against the Antiquities Act / Hal Rothman -- President Carter's coup : an insider's view of the 1978 Alaska monument designations / Cecil D. Andrus and John C. Freemuth -- The Antiquities Act and the exercise of presidential power : the Clinton monuments / Mark Squillace -- Antiquities Act monuments : the Elgin marbles of our public lands? / James R Rasband -- The foundation for American public archaeology : section 3 of the Antiquities Act of 1906 / Francis P. McManamon -- The Antiquities Act and historic preservation / Jerry L. Rogers -- The Antiquities Act at one hundred years : a Native American perspective / Joe E. Watkins -- The Antiquities Act and nature conservation / David Harmon -- The Antiquities Act meets the Federal Land Policy and Management Act / Elena Daly and Geoffrey B. Middaugh -- Co-managed monuments : a field report on the first years of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument / Darla Sidles and Dennis Curtis -- Application of the Antiquities Act to the oceans : something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue / Brad Barr and Katrina Van Dine -- The Antiquities Act : a cornerstone of archaeology, historic preservation, and conservation / David Harmon, Francis P. McManamon, and Dwight T. Pitcaithley -- Appendix: essential facts and figures on the national monuments.