Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2012 Constructing wilderness: the nexus of preservation and ocean-space in the United States Ryan Orgera Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. CONSTRUCTING WILDERNESS: THE NEXUS OF PRESERVATION AND OCEAN-SPACE IN THE UNITED STATES A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Geography & Anthropology by Ryan Orgera B.A., University of South Florida, 2005 M.A., University of South Florida, 2007 December 2012 Pour Mélanie, sans toi, je n’aurais jamais atteint la fin de cette aventure. Pour Jacques Cousteau, sans lui, je ne connaîtrais guère l’océan. Per la mia famiglia For Carrie, Ronnie, and Wayne ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I would like to thank my adviser Craig Colten for his guidance through this process. This has been an invaluable learning experience, and I am grateful for his role in my graduate studies.