20th Century
Cultural History of the U.S., Environmental
History, Public Culture
Marguerite
S. Shaffer specializes
in U.S. cultural history with an emphasis
on conceptions of nature and the construction
of public culture. She is the author
of See America First: Tourism and National
Identity, 1880-1940 (2001) and a number
of articles on tourism, national parks,
scenery, and regional identity of the
American West. She has worked as a research
associate for the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of American History and
served as a consultant for the Autry Museum
of Western History. Her current research
focuses on the expressions and activities
of popular environmentalism.
