The making of the American landscape /
The making of the American landscape /
edited by Michael P. Conzen.
- Second edition.
- xxi, 543 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (some colour) ; 25 cm
Previous ed.: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-525) and index.
Recognizing Nature's bequest / Retrieving American Indian landscapes / Refashioning Hispanic landscapes / Retracing French landscapes in North America / Americanizing English landscape habits / Transforming the Southern plantation / Gridding a national landscape / Clearing the forests / Remaking the prairies / Watering the deserts / Inscribing ethnicity on the land / Organizing religious landscapes / Mechanizing the American earth / Building American cityscapes / Asserting central authority / Creating landscapes of civil society / Imposing landscapes of private power and wealth / Paving America for the automobile / Developing large-scale consumer landscapes / Designing the American utopia : reflections / Michael P. Conzen -- Stanley W. Trimble -- Karl W. Butzer -- David Hornbeck -- Cole Harris -- Pierce F. Lewis -- Charles S. Aiken -- Hildegard Binder Johnson -- Michael Williams -- John C. Hudson -- James L. Westcoat, Jr. -- Susan W. Hardwick -- Wilbur Zelinsky -- David R. Meyer -- Edward K. Muller -- Wilbur Zelinksy -- Joseph S. Wood -- William K. Wyckoff -- John A. Jakle -- Michael P. Conzen -- Bret Wallach. Introduction /
0415950066 9780415950060 0415950074 9780415950077
2010291340
Human geography--North America
Nature--Effect of human beings on--North America
Landscape changes--North America
Human geography--United States
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States
Landscape changes--United States
GF503 / .M35 2010
304.20973
Previous ed.: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-525) and index.
Recognizing Nature's bequest / Retrieving American Indian landscapes / Refashioning Hispanic landscapes / Retracing French landscapes in North America / Americanizing English landscape habits / Transforming the Southern plantation / Gridding a national landscape / Clearing the forests / Remaking the prairies / Watering the deserts / Inscribing ethnicity on the land / Organizing religious landscapes / Mechanizing the American earth / Building American cityscapes / Asserting central authority / Creating landscapes of civil society / Imposing landscapes of private power and wealth / Paving America for the automobile / Developing large-scale consumer landscapes / Designing the American utopia : reflections / Michael P. Conzen -- Stanley W. Trimble -- Karl W. Butzer -- David Hornbeck -- Cole Harris -- Pierce F. Lewis -- Charles S. Aiken -- Hildegard Binder Johnson -- Michael Williams -- John C. Hudson -- James L. Westcoat, Jr. -- Susan W. Hardwick -- Wilbur Zelinsky -- David R. Meyer -- Edward K. Muller -- Wilbur Zelinksy -- Joseph S. Wood -- William K. Wyckoff -- John A. Jakle -- Michael P. Conzen -- Bret Wallach. Introduction /
0415950066 9780415950060 0415950074 9780415950077
2010291340
Human geography--North America
Nature--Effect of human beings on--North America
Landscape changes--North America
Human geography--United States
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States
Landscape changes--United States
GF503 / .M35 2010
304.20973