TY - BOOK AU - Conzen,Michael P. TI - The making of the American landscape SN - 0415950066 AV - GF503 .M35 2010 U1 - 304.20973 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Human geography KW - North America KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Landscape changes KW - United States N1 - Previous ed.: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990; Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-525) and index; Introduction; Michael P. Conzen --; Recognizing Nature's bequest; Stanley W. Trimble --; Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Karl W. Butzer --; Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; David Hornbeck --; Retracing French landscapes in North America; Cole Harris --; Americanizing English landscape habits; Pierce F. Lewis --; Transforming the Southern plantation; Charles S. Aiken --; Gridding a national landscape; Hildegard Binder Johnson --; Clearing the forests; Michael Williams --; Remaking the prairies; John C. Hudson --; Watering the deserts; James L. Westcoat, Jr. --; Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Susan W. Hardwick --; Organizing religious landscapes; Wilbur Zelinsky --; Mechanizing the American earth; David R. Meyer --; Building American cityscapes; Edward K. Muller --; Asserting central authority; Wilbur Zelinksy --; Creating landscapes of civil society; Joseph S. Wood --; Imposing landscapes of private power and wealth; William K. Wyckoff --; Paving America for the automobile; John A. Jakle --; Developing large-scale consumer landscapes; Michael P. Conzen --; Designing the American utopia; reflections; Bret Wallach ER -