The Making of the American Landscape
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| Title: | The Making of the American Landscape |
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| 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. |
| Authors: | Michael P. Conzen |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States, Nature--Effect of human beings on--North America, Human geography--United States, Human geography--North America, Landscape changes--United States, Landscape changes--North America |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Historical Geography, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, HISTORY / United States / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415950060 9780415950077 9781317793700 9781317793694 9781315810829 |
