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.
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