UID:
edocfu_9959237610802883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 372 p, [16] p. of plates )
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ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), plans, ports.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-45538-0
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1-134-45539-9
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0-415-28358-2
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1-280-07247-4
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0-203-40203-0
Content:
In the USA, the relationship between nation and nature has been central to its colonial and post-colonial history, from the discovery of a lost paradise to the mythology associated with the frontier. This text explores how such landscapes have been represented in the built environment of architecture & parks.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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1. Exhibiting Wilderness: at the Columbian Exposition, 1893 2. Accommodating the Nature Tourist: In the National Parks, 1903 3. Putting Nature to Work: With the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933 4. Nature Preserved in the Nuclear Age: The Case Study Houses of Los Angeles, 1945 5. Closing the Circle: The Geodesic Domes and a New Ecological Consciousness, 1967
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-41077-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-28359-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203402030
