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OverviewThe essays in this volume examine how the tensions between culture and nature is more apparent than real. Even in preindustrial societies, where the dominant technologies are agricultural, it would be impossible to envision a landscape unshaped by human contact. Drawing on evidence from Europe and America, and from the Renaissance to the present day, the contributors to this volume reconceive of the relationship between technology and landscape as a product of cultural interactions. Rather than view landscape only statically as space, they also see it as a process embedded in narrative, or time. Whether one is concerned with the English countryside, the Nazi Autobahn, a naturalist's description of the New World, or chemical pollution in contemporary Louisiana, the question of who gives a place its meaning is just as important as who constructs the physical landscape. Is the Grand Canyon a profitless locality, a sublime wonder, or a potential mining site? Is the smoke of an industrial city construed as pollution or as a heartening sign of prosperity? Is the Appalachian Trail a means to revivify the rural economy or a way to escape into a rugged wilderness experience? These are some of the questions addressed in this interdisciplinary collection of original essays. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David E. NyePublisher: University of Massachusetts Press Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781558492295ISBN 10: 1558492291 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 28 February 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid E. Nye is professor of American history and chair of the Center for American Studies at Odense University in Denmark. He is author of eight books, including American Technological Sublime and Electrifying America, which won the Dexter Prize and the Abel Woolman Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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