{"product_id":"culture-technology-and-the-creation-of-americas-national-parks-137-cambridge-studies-in-american-literature-and-culture-series-number-137-9780521081689","title":"Culture Technology and the Creation of Americas National Parks 137 Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series Number 137","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrusin investigates how the establishment of national parks participated in the production of American national identity after the Civil War. He explores the origins of America's three major parks - Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon - in relation to other forms of landscape representation in the late nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The evidence (Grusin) invokes is fascinating, and serves to freshly illuminate the cultural landscape from which our first national parks emerged.  Recommended.\"    M.A. Olshan, Alfred University, CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\"Grusin presents historians with a fresh outlook on the parks that will inspire further creative efforts.\" - James Pritchard, Iowa State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction - reproducing nature: the technology of national parks; 1. Recreating Yosemite: landscape, nationalism, and the nature of aesthetic agency; 2. Representing Yellowstone: art, science, and fidelity to nature; 3. Recognizing the Grand Canyon: naming, sublimity, and the limits of mediation; Conclusion - remediating nature: national parks as mediated public space; Notes; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767589568855,"sku":"9780521081689","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culture-technology-and-the-creation-of-americas-national-parks-137-cambridge-studies-in-american-literature-and-culture-series-number-137-9780521081689","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}