The National Park to Come

by Margret Grebowicz

Book Overview

Historians of wilderness have shown that nature reserves are used ideologically in the construction of American national identity. But the contemporary problem of wilderness demands examination of how profoundly nature-in-reserve influences something more fundamental, namely what counts as being well, having a life, and having a future. What is wellness for the citizens to whom the parks are said to democratically belong? And how does the presence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804789622
• ISBN13: 9780804789622
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Stanford Briefs
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.9"