Description: In telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations--to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy.
Brief description:
Ruth M. Alexander is Professor Emerita of History and Faculty Council Member in the Public and Environmental History Center at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. She is the author of The "Girl Problem" Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930 and coeditor of Major Problems in American Women's History.
Review Quotes: "Democracy's Mountain reveals the complex calculus behind national park management and gives us the tools to do better by the environment and by each other. Climbers and Coloradans, park managers and visitors, and anyone concerned with equitable access to public lands in the midst of climate change will enjoy this book."--Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies