Rendering Nature

Edited by Marguerite S. Shaffer and Phoebe S. K. Young

Marguerite S. Shaffer is Professor of American Studies and History at Miami University, Ohio. Phoebe S. K. Young is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Chapter 1. The Nature-Culture Paradox—Marguerite S. Shaffer and Phoebe S. K. YoungPART I. ANIMALSChapter 2. Beasts of the Southern Wild: Slaveholders, Slaves, and Other Animals in Charles Ball's Slavery in the United States—Thomas G. AndrewsChapter 3. Stuffed: Nature and Science on DisplayJohn HerronChapter 4. Digit's Legacy: Reconsidering the Human-Nature Encounter in a Global World—Marguerite S. ShafferPART II. BODIESChapter 5. The Gulick Family and the Nature of Adolescence—Susan A. MillerChapter 6. Children of Light: The Nature and Culture of Suntanning—Catherine CocksChapter 7. Dr. Spock Is Worried: Visual Media and the Emotional History of American Environmentalism—Finis DunawayPART III. PLACESChapter 8. Prototyping Natures: Technology, Labor, and Art on Atomic Frontiers—Andrew KirkChapter 9. River Rats in the Archive: The Colorado River and the Nature of Texts—Annie Gilbert ColemanChapter 10. Rocks of Ages: The Decadent Desert and Sepulchral Time—Frieda KnoblochPART IV. POLITICSChapter 11. Winning the War at Manzanar: Environmental Patriotism and the Japanese American Incarceration—Connie Y. ChiangChapter 12. Unthinkable Visibility: Pigs, Pork, and the Spectacle of Killing and Meat—Brett MizelleChapter 13. "Bring Tent": The Occupy Movement and the Politics of Public Nature—Phoebe S. K. YoungNotesList of ContributorsIndex