LEADER 04329nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910453140003321 005 20210507012415.0 010 $a0-300-18905-2 010 $a1-283-91531-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300189056 035 $a(CKB)2550000000996501 035 $a(OCoLC)823040831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10640863 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12305159 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10811272 035 $a(PQKB)11094070 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421101 035 $a(DE-B1597)486265 035 $a(OCoLC)824655125 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300189056 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421101 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10640863 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL422781 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000996501 100 $a20120924d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArcadian America$b[electronic resource] $ethe death and life of an environmental tradition /$fAaron Sachs 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (497 p.) 225 0$aNew directions in narrative history 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-17640-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tPrologue WATERFALLS AND CEMETERIES --$t1. COMMON SHADE: CULTIVATING A PLACE FOR DEATH --$t2. THE MIDDLE LANDSCAPES OF NEW ENGLAND CULTURE --$t3. SLEEPY HOLLOW: A YOUNG NATION IN REPOSE --$t4. STUMPS --$t5. THREE MEN OF THE MIDDLE BORDER (PART ONE): TWILIGHT --$t6. THREE MEN OF THE MIDDLE BORDER (PART TWO): AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS --$t7. ATLANTIS: ARCADIA AND ARMAGEDDON --$tEpilogue AMERICAN GOTHIC; OR, DEATH BY LANDSCAPE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tNOTES --$tILLUSTRATION CREDITS --$tINDEX 330 $a"Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible to all and serving to remind visitors of the natural cycles of life. In this unique interdisciplinary blend of historical narrative, cultural criticism, and poignant memoir, Aaron Sachs argues that American cemeteries embody a forgotten landscape tradition that has much to teach us in our current moment of environmental crisis. Until the trauma of the Civil War, many Americans sought to shape society into what they thought of as an Arcadia--not an Eden where fruit simply fell off the tree, but a public garden that depended on an ethic of communal care, and whose sense of beauty and repose related directly to an acknowledgement of mortality and limitation. Sachs explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists, painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners, and holds up for comparison the twenty-first century's--and his own--tendency toward denial of both death and environmental limits. His far-reaching insights suggest new possibilities for the environmental movement today and new ways of understanding American history"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCemeteries$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCemeteries$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCemeteries$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aArcadia in literature 606 $aArcadia in art 606 $aEnvironmentalism$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental responsibility$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCemeteries$xHistory 615 0$aCemeteries$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCemeteries$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aArcadia in literature. 615 0$aArcadia in art. 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental responsibility 676 $a393/.10973 700 $aSachs$b Aaron$g(Aaron Jacob)$01033746 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453140003321 996 $aArcadian America$92452449 997 $aUNINA