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The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
| The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (568 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ConzenMichael P |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States Landscape changes - North America Landscape changes - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet 9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence Federal landscape influence after the Civil War |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464564903321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
| The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (568 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ConzenMichael P |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States Landscape changes - North America Landscape changes - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
| ISBN |
1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet 9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence Federal landscape influence after the Civil War |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786685703321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen
| The making of the American landscape / / edited by Michael P. Conzen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (568 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ConzenMichael P |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography - North America
Human geography - United States Landscape changes - North America Landscape changes - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - North America Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
| ISBN |
1-317-79370-6
1-315-81082-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Recognizing Nature's bequest; Climates; The physiographic layout; Natural regions; The Far West; The Central Interior; The East; 2 Retrieving American Indian landscapes; Adapting to new environments; Toward an agricultural landscape in the East; Pueblo and irrigation agriculture in the Southwest; The European intrusion; The surviving legacy; 3 Refashioning Hispanic landscapes; Spanish exploration; Populating the land
Shaping the bordersSpanish legacy; 4 Retracing French landscapes in North America; Footholds on the continent; The core landscapes of New France; The French crescent: St. Lawrence to the Mississippi; The legacy; 5 Americanizing English landscape habits; An American version of England; A different sort of place; A different sort of people; Two regions of the Northeast; The New England culture region; The Pennsylvania culture region; The two landscapes of the Northeast: differences in vernacular architecture; Barns and other rural matters; Urban forms The cultural-geographical baggage goes west6 Transforming the Southern plantation; Establishment of plantation agriculture in continental North America; The ""Old South"" plantation; The ""New South"" plantation; Toward the modern plantation; The increase of fragmented mega-farms; 7 Gridding a national landscape; A system to span the continent; Single farmsteads; Townsites; The section roadscape; The conservation landscape; Toward a national landscape; 8 Clearing the forests; The landscape of clearing; The landscape of logging; The landscape of fuel gathering; The balance sheet 9 Remaking the prairiesVegetation and settlement; Migration patterns; The western Plains; Town settlement; Conclusion; 10 Watering the deserts; Finding the desert; Transforming the desert: looking at dams and ditches; The prehistoric legacy in central Arizona; Hispanic settlement in the Rio Grande Valley; The Mormon desert; Federal transformation of the Colorado River; Conclusions; 11 Inscribing ethnicity on the land; Why here and not there? The shaping of early ethnic landscapes; Enduring rural and small town landscape features; Ethnic cityscapes Ethnic tourism and ethnic heritage landscapesAnd what of the future?; 12 Organizing religious landscapes; The mainly metropolitan churchscape; Matters architectural; The rural scenes; The other structures; Cemeteries; Signs; Envoi; 13 Mechanizing the American earth; Colonial beginnings; Emergence of the manufacturing belt; Specialization in core and periphery; The blend of old and new; 14 Building American cityscapes; The economic landscape; Social landscapes; Governance and the landscape; The American way; 15 Asserting central authority; The early federal presence Federal landscape influence after the Civil War |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815429303321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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