Marguerite S Shaffer

Biographic Data

ID782152
NAMEMarguerite S Shaffer
GIVEN NAMESMarguerite S
FAMILY NAMEShaffer
SIGNATURESHAFFER M S
AFFILIATIONSMiami University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS64
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX3

  • The Jefferson Highway

    Marguerite S ShafferARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2017

    According the American Automobile Association (AAA), by 1926 the United States boasted over four hundred named highways. Roads like the Lincoln Highway, the National Old Trails Road, and the Midland Trail, among others, embodied a new geography designed to serve the needs of the incipient automobile age. The Jefferson Highway: Blazing the Way from Winnipeg to New Orleans, by Lyell D. Henry Jr. chronicles one of these named roads—a 2,300-mile high…

  • A Transnational Wildlife Drama

    Open AccessMarguerite S ShafferARTICLEAmerican Quarterly2015Cited by: 2References: 6

    This essay offers a transnational examination of popular environmentalism in the post-World War II era. By exploring the many stories that have coalesced around Dian Fossey, specifically her fieldwork with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, her rise to fame as a female celebrity scientist in the late 1960s and 1970s, and the representation of her work in popular media, the essay examines Fossey's contradictory role in the emergence of gorilla tourism a…

  • Marguerite S. Shaffer on the Environmental Nude

    Marguerite S ShafferARTICLEEnvironmental History2008Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Windshield Wilderness

    Marguerite S ShafferARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2008

    Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks Get access Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks. By Louter David. Foreword by William Cronon. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006. xvii + 240 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00, £22.95.) Marguerite S. Shaffer Marguerite S. Shaffer Miami University Search for other works by this author on: Oxfor…

  • Nature's Army

    Marguerite S Shaffer, Harvey MeyersonARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    The established canon of national park histories lauds a handful of high-minded preservationists including John Muir, Robert Marshall, and Aldo Leopold, among others, for defending undeveloped wilderness and defining the national park idea in the United States. Harvey Meyerson seeks to recover historical memory and redress that established canon by recounting the role of United States Army officers in protecting Yosemite National Park. In present…

  • See America first

    Marguerite S ShafferBOOKSee America first2001Cited by: 49

  • The Wild East

    Marguerite S Shaffer, Margaret Lynn Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The Wild East: A Biography of the Great Smoky Mountains. By Margaret Lynn Brown. Gainesville: University Press of Florida and The Great Smokies: From Natural Habitat to National Park. By Daniel S. Pierce. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press Get access Marguerite S. Shaffer Marguerite S. Shaffer Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …

  • The Second Greatest Disappointment

    Marguerite S Shaffer, Karen DubinskyARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls. By Karen Dubinsky. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xiv, 290 pp. Cloth, $52.00, ISBN 0-8135-2655-8. Paper, $22.00, ISBN 0-8135-2656-6.) Get access Marguerite S. Shaffer Marguerite S. Shaffer University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American…

  • Spectacular Nature

    Marguerite S Shaffer, Susan G DavisARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience. By Susan G. Davis. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xii, 313 pp. Cloth, $50.00, ISBN 0-520-20031-4. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-520-20981-8.) Get access Marguerite S. Shaffer Marguerite S. Shaffer University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …

  • Selling the past/co-opting history

    Open AccessMarguerite S ShafferARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1998References: 6

    Selling the Past/Co-opting History: Colonial Williamsburg as Republican Disneyland Marguerite S. Shaffer (bio) The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg. By Richard Handler and Eric Gable. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. 1997. 260 pages. $49.95 (cloth). $16.95 (paper). According to the Wall Street Journal, Colonial Williamsburg has recently initiated a $3 million advertising campaign to boost its “declining…

  • The Spirit of Yellowstone

    Open AccessMarguerite S Shaffer, Judith L Meyer et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1997Cited by: 8

  • See America First

    Marguerite S ShafferARTICLEPacific Historical Review1996Cited by: 3References: 9

    Research Article| November 01 1996 "See America First": Re-Envisioning Nation and Region through Western Tourism Marguerite S. Shaffer Marguerite S. Shaffer Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1996) 65 (4): 559–581. https://doi.org/10.2307/3640296 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn …