| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.1

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Book Review

Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks. By Jay M. Price. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2004. xx + 242 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.

"Confusion about state versus national parks is a familiar situation in the West," Jay Price notes (p. ix). The national park system holds an auspicious presence in Arizona, yet it is the state parks that are Price's focal point in Gateways to the Southwest. From Earl Pomeroy through Alfred Runte and Hal Rothman, historians have looked at the national parks and tourism over the years. Now, Price probes into Arizona's state parks. "In the shadow of these large and impressive national parks exists an even bigger collection of state, county, local and private parks, museums and monuments," he observes (p. xiv). The author unabashedly concedes that "state parks seemed unnecessary in a region with an attitude of 'if it's worth saving, the federal government would already have done it'" (p. 89). Still, Price makes a strong case for the significance of Arizona's state parks.

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