Ken Burns Gone Wild: Naturalizing the Nation in The National Parks: America's Best Idea

TitleKen Burns Gone Wild: Naturalizing the Nation in The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsKarl Jacoby
JournalPublic Historian
Volume33
Issue2
Pagination19-23
ISSN02723433
Call Number61963926
Abstract

The release of Ken Bums's documentary on the national parks is to be celebrated for bringing national attention to the field of environmental history. Yet for all the movie's strengths, Burns only partially engaged two concepts central to contemporary environmental history: social difference and the cultural construction of nature. As a result, the series devoted less attention than it might have to such important issues as the removal of Native Americans from the national parks and to the ways nature in the parks has changed over time.

Short TitleKen Burns Gone Wild