The Making of the American Landscape
Seiten
2010
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2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-95006-0 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-95006-0 (ISBN)
The only compact yet comprehensive survey of the environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape.
The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today.
The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today.
Michael Conzen is Professor of Geography at the University of Chicago
1. Nature’s Bequest 2. Indian Settlement Landscapes 3. Hispanic Landscape Traditions 4. The French Imprint on North America 5. Americanizing English Landscape Habits 6. The Plantation Regime 7. Gridding a National Landscape 8. Clearing the Forests 9. Remaking the Prairies 10. Watering the Deserts 11. Designing American Utopias 12. Inscribing Ethnicity on the Land 13. Organizing Religious Landscapes 14. Mechanizing the American Earth 15. Building American Cityscapes 16. Asserting Central Authority 17. Creating Landscapes of Civil Society 18. Imposing Landscapes of Private Power and Wealth 19. Paving America for the Automobile 20. Developing Corporate Consumption Venues
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2010 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 19 Line drawings, color; 35 Line drawings, black and white; 165 Illustrations, color; 45 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1210 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-95006-6 / 0415950066 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-95006-0 / 9780415950060 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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