James Morton Turner is assistant professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College.

Foreword
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One
Wilderness and the Origins of
Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976
1 Why a Wilderness Act?
2 Speaking for Wilderness
3 The Popular Politics of Wilderness
4 New Environmental Tools for an Old Conservation Issue 101
Part Two
The Polarization of American Environmental Politics, 1977-1994
5 Alaska: "The Last Chance to Do It Right the First Time"
6 National Forests: The Polarization of Environmental Politics
7 The Public Domain: Environmental Politics and the Rise of the New Right
Part Three
wilderness and a New Agenda for the Public Lands, 1987-2009
8 From Wilderness to Public Lands Reform
9 The New Prophets of Wilderness
10 The Paths to Public Lands Reform
Epilogue: Rebuilding the Wilderness
Movement
Notes
Bibliography
Index

James Morton Turner. Foreword by William Cronon