Nationalizing Nature

Frederico Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Digital and Latin American History and a core member of the Visual Narrative Initiative at North Carolina State University. He is the co-editor of Big Water: The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay (with Jacob Blanc, 2018) and a recipient of an NEH fellowship.

• Introduction: Boundaries of nature; 1. Nationalizing the border; 2. Playing catch-up; 3. A park and a town; 4. Land conflict; 5. Surveillance and evasion; 6. The view from above; The resilience of boundaries.

'Frederico Freitas's illuminating study of the conjoined origins of the National Parks of Iguazu/Iguaçu on the Argentine-Brazilian border reveals the intricate geopolitical histories behind one of the world's most famous conservation sites. Through comprehensive binational research, Freitas deftly reconstructs the evolution of the preserves as built environments born of power-laden struggles over natural landscapes and international boundaries. An outstanding contribution to the fields of Latin American environmental history and comparative borderlands.' Seth Garfield, Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin