商品簡介
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.
作者簡介
Michael Conzen is Professor of Geography at the University of Chicago
目次
The Making of the American Landscape (ed. by Michael P. Conzen) — 2nd Edition — TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chap. 1 Nature’s bequest Stanley W. Trimble, University of California at Los Angeles
Chap. 2 Indian settlement landscapes Karl W. Butzer, University of Texas at AustinChap. 3 Hispanic landscape traditions David Hornbeck, California State University at Northridge
Chap. 4 The French imprint on North America Cole Harris, University of British ColumbiaChap.
Chap. 5 Americanizing English landscape habits Peirce F. Lewis, The Pennsylvania State UniversityChap. 6 The plantation regime Charles S. Aiken, University of TennesseeChap. 7 Gridding a national landscape Hildegard B. Johnson, Macalester College
Chap. 8 Clearing the forests Michael Williams, University of Oxford
Chap. 9 Remaking the prairies John C. Hudson, Northwestern University
Chap. 10 Watering the deserts James L. Wescoat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chap. 11 Designing American utopias Bret Wallach, University of OklahomaChap. 12 Inscribing ethnicity on the land Susan W. Hardwick, University of Oregon
Chap. 13 Organizing religious landscapes Wilbur Zelinsky, The Pennsylvania State UniversityChap. 14 Mechanizing the American earth David R. Meyer, Brown University
Chap. 15 Building American cityscapes Edward K. Muller, University of Pittsburgh
Chap. 16 Asserting central authority Wilbur Zelinsky, The Pennsylvania State UniversityChap. 17 Creating landscapes of civil society Joseph S. Wood, University of Southern Maine
Chap. 18 Imposing landscapes of private power and wealth William K. Wyckoff, Montana State University
Chap. 19 Paving America for the automobile John A. Jakle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chap. 20 Developing corporate consumption venues Michael P. Conzen, The University of Chicago
