Ken Burns's The National Parks
America's Best Idea : Compelling Stories and Missed Opportunities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11664608 |
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| Authors | Edward T Linenthal (Professor of history and editor of the Journal of American History at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has served as a visiting scholar in the National Park Service's Civil Engagement and Public History program. His books include Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battlefields., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 13-18 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Public Historian (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3433 • E-ISSN: 1533-8576 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/tph.2011.33.2.13 |
| OpenAlex | W2324759190 |
| Language | EN |
Burns's documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea offers compelling portraits of “American originals,” including John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, Stephen Mather, and Horace Albright. It offers breathtaking “god's-eye” views of national park landscapes. It offers fascinating biographies of Yellowstone and Yosemite, in particular the enduring tension between processes of preservation and commercialization. However, there were missed opportunities to focus on so-called historic sites, to inform viewers of the many enduring threats to the “park idea,” and to help viewers appreciate the creative potential of this idea in a new century
Archaeology · Art history · Commercialization · Environmental ethics · National park · Political science · Portrait · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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