Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma

摘要

"Mission 66" was a ten-year upgrade program that reconceptualized fundamental aspects of the US national parks after World War II. Resonating with the military vocabulary of the time, the year 1966 marked the 50th anniversary of the National Parks Act and the establishment of the National Parks Service. Almost another 50 years has passed and, as Ethan Carr elucidates, the legacy of the project endures.