New Deal, new landscape : the Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's state parks /

Mielnik, Tara Mitchell.

New Deal, new landscape : the Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's state parks / Tara Mitchell Mielnik. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Depression and the New Deal in South Carolina -- Emergency conservation work and the Civilian Conservation Corps: an administrative overview of the Civilian Conservation Corps -- "A good set of boys here and I like it fine": life in the South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps -- Building opportunity: tourism, forestry, and state parks in South Carolina -- Conservation and commemoration: South Carolina's recreational demonstration areas, Cheraw, Colleton, and Kings Mountain -- Forestry work and state park development: the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the Civilian Conservation Corps -- South Carolina's "breathing spaces": opening and operating the state parks during the New Deal decade -- Learning from the parks: resources and interpretation in South Carolina.

A history of the New Deal program that led to the creation of South Carolina's first sixteen state parks.



9781611172027




Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History.


Parks--History.--South Carolina
Conservation of natural resources--History.--South Carolina


Electronic Books.

S932 / .N493 2011