From Walden Pond to Jurassic ParkPaul Lauter, an icon of American Studies who has been a primary agent in its transformation and its chief ambassador abroad, offers a wide ranging collection of essays that demonstrate and reflect on this important and often highly politicized discipline. While American Studies was formerly seen as a wholly subsidiary academic program that loosely combined the study of American history, literature, and art, From Walden Pond to Jurassic Park reveals