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Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845 (Paperback, New edition)
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Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845 (Paperback, New edition)
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"A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America
away from the great cities. This 400-page documentary by a
dedicated exploring scholar explains how and why the landscape
changed between the times of the early Spanish settlers and the
impact of industrialization."-House and Garden "A remarkable book.
John Stilgoe has provided us with a panorama of American land
development that is unique in the literature of this filed. In the
process he has sharpened the reader's perception of the historic
struggle between those who would tend the land and those who would
exploit it, thus making a significant statement about issues in the
forefront at the present day. Stilgoe's global vision over time,
combined with his remarkable facility for involving a great variety
of elements into one coherent system of thought and feeling, makes
this a deeply important and timely work."-Edmund N. Bacon "Recalls
how Europeans shaped this country's landscape out of wilderness
and, by the way, helped to create our sense of beauty, comfort, and
appropriateness...A book that will change the way its readers look
about them."-The New Yorker "Focusing on vernacular design and its
evolution, Stilgoe effectively demonstrates how builders (rather
than professional designers) passed on their traditions from one
generation to the next-in so doing shaping America's enduring
attitudes towards landscape. An original and fascinating study."-H.
Ward Jandl, Library Journal Winner of the 1982 Francis Parkman
Prize for Literary Distinction in the Writing of History.
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