Название: The Making of the American Landscape
Автор(ы): Michael P. Conzen (ed.)
Издательство: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
Год: 2010; 2 edition
ISBN: 978-0-415-95006-0
Страниц: 567
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 36 MB

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.