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History + Resources = A Sense Of Place, Wendy Griswold
History + Resources = A Sense Of Place, Wendy Griswold
Maine Policy Review
Unlike many states, Maine has an unusually strong “sense of place,” or cultural regionalism. Wendy Griswold explores where this unusually strong sense comes from, and how it can be further nourished through literature. In doing so, she strengthens the argument for investments in cultural-heritage objects and activities as a means not only of reinforcing an already strong sense of identity among Mainers, but also of promoting Maine as a tourism destination.
Environment And Imagination In New England, Kent Ryden
Environment And Imagination In New England, Kent Ryden
Maine History
Kent Ryden, Associate Professor of American and New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine, considers the arguments put forward in the three essays by Judd, Beach, and Sebold published in this issue of Maine History. He points out that each essay explores the complicated relationship between Maine's physical landscape and the interpretations that are brought to bear on that landscape. Each case study— The Allagash, The Oil Tanker Port Controversy, and Maine's Salt Marshes— illuminate for Ryden the essential confusion caused by the distinction that we draw between “nature and “culture.” Conflicts over the natural …
“Ice And Granite”: The New England Character, Joseph Conforti
“Ice And Granite”: The New England Character, Joseph Conforti
Maine History
This article is a shortened and slightly revised version of the Eleanor Pickering Sprague presents to the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames and the Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on November 10, 1987.