Making of the American Landscape

Name: Making of the American Landscape
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ISBN: 9780415950077

ISBN-10: 0415950074

ISBN-13: 9780415950077

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Michael P. Conzen

List price: $105.00

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The Making of the American Landscape is the definitive text on the topic of the history of American landscapes and the cultural and historical geography of the United States. The volume, organized chronologically, covers the cultural geography of American landscapes from the pre-colonization era through the twentieth century. Each chapter focuses on a particular landscape form, and is written by a specialist on the topic. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes entirely new chapters on religious landscapes, landscapes of civil society, and corporate consumption venues.

Book details

List price: $105.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 546
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English



Introduction




Nature's bequest




The Indian legacy in the American landscape




Hispanic landscape traditions




The French imprint in North America




Americanizing English landscape habits




The plantation regime




Gridding a national landscape




Clearing the forests




Remaking the prairies




Watering the deserts




Designing American utopias




Ethnic traces on the land




Organizing religious landscapes




Mechanizing the American earth




Building American cityscapes




Assertions of central authority




Creating landscapes of civil society




Imposing landscapes of private power and wealth




Paving America for the automobile




Developing corporate consumption venues



Afterword