Nature's State: Imagining Alaska as the Last Frontier

by Susan Kollin

Book Overview

An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature's State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America's "last frontier," a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact functioned to alleviate larger social anxieties about nature, ethnicity, and national identity.

Kollin pays special attention to the ways in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080784974X
• ISBN13: 9780807849743
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 9.2"