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.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xxxii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0299174204
- 9780299174200
- 0299174247
- 9780299174248
- Landscapes -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History
- Land use -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History
- Nature -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History
- Landscapes -- Great Britain -- History
- Landscapes in literature
- Renaissance -- England
- Nature in literature
- Place (Philosophy)
- Great Britain -- Historical geography
- America -- Foreign public opinion, British
- 304.2 21
- DA600 .O49 2002
Contents:
Introduction: Nature, Country, and Landscape -- 1. The Political Landscape as Polity and Place -- 2. Country and Landscape -- 3. "Masquing" the Body Politic of Britain -- 4. Landscaping the Body Politic of the British State -- 5. Landscaping Britain's Country and Nature -- 6. Gendering the Nation's Natural Landscape -- 7. Landscaping Racial and National Progress -- 8. The "Country" of the United States contra the "Landscape" of America's New World -- Conclusion: Landscape, Place, and the Body Politic.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 304.2 OLW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A288145B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index.
Introduction: Nature, Country, and Landscape -- 1. The Political Landscape as Polity and Place -- 2. Country and Landscape -- 3. "Masquing" the Body Politic of Britain -- 4. Landscaping the Body Politic of the British State -- 5. Landscaping Britain's Country and Nature -- 6. Gendering the Nation's Natural Landscape -- 7. Landscaping Racial and National Progress -- 8. The "Country" of the United States contra the "Landscape" of America's New World -- Conclusion: Landscape, Place, and the Body Politic.
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