Alternative Title
Colonizing Wilderness: Alaska's Imagined Identity
Abstract
This project seeks to make sense of Alaska’s wilderness identity as it is imagined in the lower 48. I discuss the role of naturalists in the production of this identity, describing them as “publicizers” with their own biases and interests at play. I then use Mount McKinley National Park as a lens through which Alaska’s wilderness identity can be better understood. Finally, I engage Alaska’s “last frontier” identity by examining public responses to wolf control in the 1970s.
Advisor
Holt, Katherine
Department
History
Recommended Citation
Steiner-Malumphy, Audrey, "Colonizing Wilderness: Alaska's Imagined Identity" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6987.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6987
Disciplines
Cultural History | Intellectual History | United States History
Keywords
wilderness, Alaska
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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