Stephanie Rutherford is assistant professor in the environmental and resource studies program at Trent University.

"From Disney amusement centers and natural history museums to Al Gore’s global warming spectaculars and American national parks, Stephanie Rutherford traces out the historical contingencies behind ‘green governmentality.’ Using this notion as her analytic of power, she develops an insightful analysis of how contemporary cultural politics and global markets help govern the wild and constitute the self in the U.S. through environmentally-driven consumer experiences." -Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• ContentsIntroduction: Governing Nature1. Ordering Nature at the American Museum of Natural History2. Disney’s Animal Kingdom: “The Wild Was Never This Wild”™3. Wolves, Bison, and Bears, Oh My! Defining Nature at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks4. Science and Storytelling: Al Gore and the Climate DebateConclusion: Being OtherwiseAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Stephanie Rutherford is assistant professor in the environmental and resource studies program at Trent University.

"From Disney amusement centers and natural history museums to Al Gore’s global warming spectaculars and American national parks, Stephanie Rutherford traces out the historical contingencies behind ‘green governmentality.’ Using this notion as her analytic of power, she develops an insightful analysis of how contemporary cultural politics and global markets help govern the wild and constitute the self in the U.S. through environmentally-driven consumer experiences." -Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• ContentsIntroduction: Governing Nature1. Ordering Nature at the American Museum of Natural History2. Disney’s Animal Kingdom: “The Wild Was Never This Wild”™3. Wolves, Bison, and Bears, Oh My! Defining Nature at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks4. Science and Storytelling: Al Gore and the Climate DebateConclusion: Being OtherwiseAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Stephanie Rutherford is assistant professor in the environmental and resource studies program at Trent University.

"From Disney amusement centers and natural history museums to Al Gore’s global warming spectaculars and American national parks, Stephanie Rutherford traces out the historical contingencies behind ‘green governmentality.’ Using this notion as her analytic of power, she develops an insightful analysis of how contemporary cultural politics and global markets help govern the wild and constitute the self in the U.S. through environmentally-driven consumer experiences." -Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• ContentsIntroduction: Governing Nature1. Ordering Nature at the American Museum of Natural History2. Disney’s Animal Kingdom: “The Wild Was Never This Wild”™3. Wolves, Bison, and Bears, Oh My! Defining Nature at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks4. Science and Storytelling: Al Gore and the Climate DebateConclusion: Being OtherwiseAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex