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Olwig, Kenneth,

Landscape, nature, and the body politic : from Britain's renaissance to America's new world / Kenneth Robert Olwig ; with a foreword by Yi-Fu Tuan. - xxxii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index.

Introduction: Nature, Country, and Landscape -- The Political Landscape as Polity and Place -- Country and Landscape -- "Masquing" the Body Politic of Britain -- Landscaping the Body Politic of the British State -- Landscaping Britain's Country and Nature -- Gendering the Nation's Natural Landscape -- Landscaping Racial and National Progress -- The "Country" of the United States contra the "Landscape" of America's New World -- Conclusion: Landscape, Place, and the Body Politic. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

ISBN: 0299174204 9780299174200 0299174247 9780299174248

LCCN: 2001006786

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscapes--Political aspects--History.--Great Britain
Land use--Political aspects--History.--Great Britain
Nature--Political aspects--History.--Great Britain
Landscapes--History--Great Britain
Landscapes in literature
Renaissance--England
Nature in literature
Place (Philosophy)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Historical geography
America--Foreign public opinion, British

LC Class. No.: DA600 / .O49 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2