Article ID: CBB001202113

Marginal Voices in “Wild” America: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and “Nature” in The National Parks (2012)

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The preservation of land as national parks has been arguably the most successful feature of a nationwide increase in environmental awareness, referred to as the greening of America. The many and varied units in the national park system provide collective reassurance that, despite environmental excesses in other areas, the people of the nation understand the value of nature in its purportedly pure and wild form. At the same time the parks are viewed as both repositories and expressions of cultural ideals that illustrate U.S. Americans to be a unified people: as one nation, under God as expressed in the spectacular majesty of American landscapes, and defined by democracy in the form of public ownership and collective wisdom. Americans have for generations drawn upon these values to promote cherished cultural mythologies of uniqueness and exceptionalism. This connection between nature and core American values is expertly presented in The National Parks: America's Best Idea, produced by renowned documentarian Ken Burns and presented nationwide on public television in 2009. The twelve-hour-long series, divided into six episodes, provides a rich and detailed chronology of the emergence and development of the park system from its precursors in the mid-nineteenth century through the extensive Alaska additions to the system achieved by 1980. [from Intro]

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Authors & Contributors
Antonello, Alessandro
Musil, Robert K.
Newfont, Kathryn
Mittlefehldt, Sarah
Tomblin, David
Rytteri, Teijo
Concepts
Environmentalism
Science and politics
Environmental protection
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
National parks and reserves
Conservation of natural resources
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Antarctica
Appalachian region (North America)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Nevada (U.S.)
Finland
Institutions
Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)
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