Governing the Wild: Ecotours of Power
- ISBN-10
- 1452932816
- ISBN-13
- 9781452932811
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Stephanie Rutherford
Description
Shows how iconic representations of nature—from museum to theme park—define our ideas about saving the natural world
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