Culture, Technology, and the Creation of America's National Parks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521826495)

Richard Grusin's innovative study investigates how the establishment of national parks contributed to the development of American national identity after the Civil War. Although parks are seen as an uncomplicated means of environmental preservation, Grusin argues that they must also be understood as complex cultural technologies dedicated to the reproduction of nature as landscape art. He explores the origins of America's three major parks--Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon--in relationship to other forms of landscape representation, including photography, mapping, travel writing and fiction.

Author: Richard Grusin,Richard Crusin
ISBN-10: 0521826497
ISBN-13: 9780521826495
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2004
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2005 pg. 916