LEADER 02635nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910451468203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-012-0239-7 010 $a1-4237-8594-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000462423 035 $a(EBL)556922 035 $a(OCoLC)70321097 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249150 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249150 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10205310 035 $a(PQKB)10680116 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556922 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380318 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000462423 100 $a20051128d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSpace in America$b[electronic resource] $etheory, history, culture /$fedited by Klaus Benesch and Kerstin Schmidt 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York, NY $cRodopi$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (589 p.) 225 1 $aArchitecture, technology, culture ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-1876-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Concepts of Space in American Culture: An Introduction; Theory; Landscape / Nature; Technoscape / Architecture / Urban Utopia; Literature; Performance / Film / Visual Arts; Contributors 330 $aAmerica's sense of space has always been tied to what Hayden White called the ""narrativization"" of real events. If the awe-inspiring manifestations of nature in America (Niagara Falls, Virginia's Natural Bridge, the Grand Canyon, etc.) were often used as a foil for projecting utopian visions and idealizations of the nation's exceptional place among the nations of the world, the rapid technological progress and its concomitant appropriation of natural spaces served equally well, as David Nye argues, to promote the dominant cultural idiom of exploration and conquest.From the beginning, America 410 0$aArchitecture, technology, culture ;$v1. 606 $aArts, Modern$xThemes, motives 606 $aSpace (Architecture) 606 $aSpace and time 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArts, Modern$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aSpace (Architecture) 615 0$aSpace and time. 676 $a306.460973 701 $aBenesch$b Klaus$f1958-$0608806 701 $aSchmidt$b Kerstin$f1971-$0876295 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451468203321 996 $aSpace in America$91956936 997 $aUNINA