The hidden landscape of Yosemite National Park

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-50

  Colten, Craig E ^a   Dilsaver, Lary M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDELINE; INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; NATIONAL PARK;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 28244466800     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630509478238     Document Type: Article

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