the nationalism tied to romanticism but nature, religion, and preoccupation with the exotic. Yosemite was a conquest America 's, and broadly the world 's, last great frontier. Tastes in the United States and abroad called for wild landscapes, nature tourism was a burgeoning travel industry and America's unique rugged landscapes, on par with those of England, helped it earn international prestige. At a time of unstable national identity and reputation, the park's controversial seizure could weaken its acclaim and so the indigenous biography of
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