The Maximum of Wilderness: The Jungle in the American Imagination

by Kelly Enright

Danger in the Congo The unexplored Amazon Long perceived as a place of mystery and danger, and more recently as a fragile system requiring our protection, the tropical forest captivated America for over a century. In The Maximum of Wilderness, Kelly Enright traces the representation of tropical forests--what Americans have typically thought of as "jungles"--and their place in both our perception of "wildness" and the globalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813932289
• ISBN13: 9780813932286
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher