One of the contradictions of modern urban civilization is the
persistence of a nostalgia for rural life and landscape which has
raised the countryside to an idealized status. The discussion of
this phenomenon is frequently restricted to the relatively narrow
perspectives of literary and intellectual history. This work
attempts to broaden the analysis of the countryside ideal by
exploring the relationships between its cultural origins and its
manifestation in contemporary landscapes. It examines the main
historical processes and ideas underlying the continuing attachment
to the countryside, and how these have influenced popular values
and lifestyles, defined attitudes to nature, country life and
landscape, and affected the development of rural and urban
landscapes. The cultural geographical framework recognizes the
particular strength of the countryside ideal in Anglo-American
culture, and explores the similarities and differences in its
British and North American expression. This book draws together
diverse images of landscape to explore the preoccupation with
place, culture and representation in the West.
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