Everyday America
Cultural Landscape Studies after J. B. Jackson
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Everyday America
Cultural Landscape Studies after J. B. Jackson
About This Book
As old as a roadway that was once a Native trail, as new as the suburban subdivisions spreading across the American countryside, the cultural landscape is endlessly changing. The study of cultural landscapesâa far more recent developmentâhas also undergone great changes, ever broadening, deepening, and refining our understanding of the intricate webs of social and ecological spaces that help to define human groups and their activities. Everyday America surveys the widening conceptions and applications of cultural landscape writing in the United States and, in doing so, offers a clear and compelling view of the state of cultural landscape studies today. These essaysâby distinguished journalists, historians, cultural geographers, architects, landscape architects, and plannersâconstitute a critical evaluation of the field's theoretical assumptions, and of the work of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, the pivotal figure in the emergence of cultural landscape studies. At the same time, they present exemplary studies of twentieth-century landscapes, from the turn-of-the-century American downtown to the corporate campus and the mini-mall. Assessing the field's accomplishments and shortcomings, offering insights into teaching the subject, and charting new directions for its future development, Everyday America is an eloquent statement of the meaning, value, and potential of the close study of human environments as they embody, reflect, and reveal American culture.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Polyphony of Cultural Landscape Study: An Introduction
- Evaluating J. B. Jackson
- Teaching and Learning Landscape Vision
- Questioning Theoretical Assumptions
- Interpreting Twentieth-Century Urban Landscapes
- Notes
- Contributors
- Illustration Credits
- Index