Contents -- Foreword - William Cronon -- 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 -- 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.