From Walden Pond to Jurassic Park: Activism, Culture, & American Studies

by Paul Lauter

Book Overview

Paul Lauter, an icon of American Studies who has been a primary agent in its transformation and its chief ambassador abroad, offers a wide-ranging collection of essays that demonstrate and reflect on this important and often highly politicized discipline. While American Studies was formerly seen as a wholly subsidiary academic program that loosely combined the study of American history, literature, and art, From Walden Pond to Jurassic Park...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082232671X
• ISBN13: 9780822326717
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"