Description: National Parks beyond the Nation brings together the work of fifteen scholars and writers to reveal the tremendous diversity of the global national park experience--an experience sometimes influencing, sometimes influenced by, and sometimes with no reference whatever to the United States.
Brief description: Adrian Howkins is an Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, is author of The Polar Regions: An Environmental History.
Review Quotes: "This remarkable collection of essays reveals how national parks are so much more than a federal network of iconic American places. Encouraging us to consider the important transnational dimensions of park history beyond the "Best Idea" paradigm, this sophisticated and nuanced collection will set a new standard."--Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism