The American Landscape / Edition 1

by Stephen F. Mills

Overview

American landscapes are some of the best-known images in the world: we recognize Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, the Manhattan skyline, and the streets of San Francisco in a thousand advertisements and TV shows. But how have these places come to be as they are, and why are some places familiar while others are quite unknown?

The American Landscape introduces the reader to the changing face of the American environment, tracing the way in which the present array of forests and farms, parks and superhighways, cities and suburbs have come about, and how these changes have been thought about, painted, turned into movie sets, etc.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579582296
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Series:	America in the 20th/21st Century Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen F. Mills is Fellow in American Studies at Keele University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: America the Place; Chapter 1 The Physical Environment; Chapter 2 Cultural Landscapes: The Imperial Legacy; Chapter 3 Cultural Landscapes of the West; Chapter 4 Landscape Painting; Chapter 5 Interpreting Landscape Images; Chapter 6 Studying the Urban Landscape; Chapter 7 Theme Parks and Heritage Landscapes; conclusion Conclusion: American Studies and the American Landscape;