The Making of the American Landscape

Type

Book

Authors

ISBN 10

0415950074

ISBN 13

9780415950077

Tags

Landscape, Urban & Land Use Planning, United States, Human Geography, Popular Culture, Cultural, Sociology, Architecture, Geography, Anthropology

Description

The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today. - from Amzon

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