Identifier

ROMO FR 53

Rapid Ascent: Rocky Mountain National Park in the Great Acceleration: 1945-Present

Contributor

University of Northern Colorado; National Archives Denver

Coverage

Rocky Mountain National Park

Creator

Mark Boxwell

Date

2016 Summer

Description

A Master's Thesis asserting that wat-time technologies cheap fossil fuels, and a culture of techno-optimism—epitomized by the Mission 66 development program—helped foster a “Great Acceleration” of human alterations of Earth’s natural systems.

Rocky Mountain National Park; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; Roaring River; La Poudre Pass; Left-hand Reservoir; Lake Isabelle; Mount. Ida Ridge Pond.

Language

English

Publisher

Colorado State University: Department of History

Cross-Department Submission

History

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Boxwell, Mark, "Rapid Ascent: Rocky Mountain National Park in the Great Acceleration: 1945-Present" (2026). Rocky Mountain National Park. 80.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/romo/80