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The American Landscape / Stephen F. Mills.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: BAAS Paperbacks : BAASPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781853311796
  • 9780585102795
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: America the Place -- CHAPTER 1 The Physical Environment -- CHAPTER 2 Cultural Landscapes: The Imperial Legacy -- CHAPTER 3 Cultural Landscapes of the West -- CHAPTER 4 Landscape Painting -- CHAPTER 5 Interpreting Landscape Images -- CHAPTER 6 Studying the Urban Landscape -- CHAPTER 7 Theme Parks and Heritage Landscapes -- Conclusion: American Studies and the American Landscape -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index
Summary: American landscapes are some of the most well-known images of any kind - the Manhattan skyline, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are instantly recognisable in a thousand ads and TV shows. But how have these places come to be as they are, and why are some places familiar while others are quite unknown? This book introduces the reader to the changing face of the American environment, tracing the way in which the present array of forests and farms, parks and highways, cities and suburbs has come about, and how these changes have been thought about, painted and turned into movie sets. From Thelma and Louise to Northern Exposure, the book concludes that the American landscape is what Americans have made of their surroundings.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: America the Place -- CHAPTER 1 The Physical Environment -- CHAPTER 2 Cultural Landscapes: The Imperial Legacy -- CHAPTER 3 Cultural Landscapes of the West -- CHAPTER 4 Landscape Painting -- CHAPTER 5 Interpreting Landscape Images -- CHAPTER 6 Studying the Urban Landscape -- CHAPTER 7 Theme Parks and Heritage Landscapes -- Conclusion: American Studies and the American Landscape -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index

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American landscapes are some of the most well-known images of any kind - the Manhattan skyline, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are instantly recognisable in a thousand ads and TV shows. But how have these places come to be as they are, and why are some places familiar while others are quite unknown? This book introduces the reader to the changing face of the American environment, tracing the way in which the present array of forests and farms, parks and highways, cities and suburbs has come about, and how these changes have been thought about, painted and turned into movie sets. From Thelma and Louise to Northern Exposure, the book concludes that the American landscape is what Americans have made of their surroundings.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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