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LANDSCAPE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND

por HARRISON, BLAKE/ JUDD, RICHARD W. (ED)
LANDSCAPE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND
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Año de edición: 2011
Editorial: MIT PRESS
ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-262-01640-7
EAN: 9780262016407
Nº Pág.: 420
idioma: INGLES

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A Landscape History of New England takes a view of New Englands landscapes that goes beyond picture postcard-ready vistas of white-steepled churches, open pastures, and tree-covered mountains. Its chapters describe, for example, the Native American presence in the Maine Woods; offer a history of agriculture told through stone walls, woodlands, and farm buildings; report on the fragile ecology of tourist-friendly Cape Cod beaches; and reveal the ethnic stereotypes informing Colonial Revivalism. Taken together, they offer a wide-ranging history of New Englands diverse landscapes, stretching across two centuries.
The book shows that all New England landscapes are the products of human agency as well as nature. The authors trace the roles that work, recreation, historic preservation, conservation, and environmentalism have played in shaping the region, and they highlight the diversity of historical actors who have transformed both its meaning and its physical form. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines--including history, geography, environmental studies, literature, art history, and historic preservation--the book provides fresh perspectives on New Englands many landscapes: forests, mountains, farms, coasts, industrial areas, villages, towns, and cities. Generously illustrated, with many archival photographs, A Landscape History of New England offers readers a solid historical foundation for understanding the great variety of places that make up New England.

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