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The Making of the American Landscape

By: Michael P. Conzen (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 22nd April 2010
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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.

'Michael Conzen has re-assembled a superb line up of authors renowned for their capacity to see detail and interpret the big picture. Chapters have been updated, especially through an expanded array of historical and contemporary views of landscapes, and several new authors make this an even more compelling text." - Deryck Holdsworth, Pennsylvania State University "Since its publication in 1990, The Making of the American Landscape has remained the best single-volume introduction to the country's cultural landscape mosaic." -Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico, USA "The Making of the American Landscape is, simply stated, an amazing book. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the evolution of landscape. It is also a fine text to be used in classes which focus on historical geography or landscape studies more broadly...There is not a single chapter that this reviewer found disappointing or uninteresting." - Dawn S. Bowen, Department of Geography, University of Mary Washington

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
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ISBN: 9780415950077
ISBN-10: 0415950074
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 568
Published: 22nd April 2010
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 18.9  x 2.3
Weight (kg): 1.22