Main entry:

Stilgoe, John R., 1949-

Title & Author:

Common landscape of America, 1580 to 1845 / John R. Stilgoe.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1982.

Description:

xi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-424) and index.
Landscape. Wilderness ; Landschaft ; Roads ; Landscape -- Planting. Chimayo ; New England ; Tidewater and Piedmont ; Prelude -- National design. Mercantile cities ; Grid ; Internal improvements ; Lighthouses ; Turnpikes ; Canals ; Engineering ; Roads ; Principles -- Agriculture. Lore ; Farmsteads ; Farmhouses ; Farmland ; Grass ; Crops ; Fences ; Cowpens ; Woodlots ; Equilibrium -- Community. Liberalism ; Graveyards ; Camp meetings ; Rural churches ; Schoolhouses ; Fairs ; Armature ; Agrarianism -- Artifice. Elements ; Criaderos ; Real de Minas ; Furnaces ; Mills ; Sawmills ; Factories ; Technique -- Conclusion. Keepsakes ; Values.
Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 1983.

Summary:

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. John Stilgoe has provided us with a panorama of American land development that is unique in the literature of this field. 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. 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 Americ's enduring attitudes towards landscape.

Resources:
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0300026994
9780300026993
9780300030464
0300030460

Subject:

Land settlement United States History.
Landscapes United States History.
Colonisation intérieure États-Unis Histoire.
Paysages États-Unis Histoire.
Civilization.
Land settlement.
Landscapes.
Social conditions
Landschaft
Siedlung
Zivilisation
Landschappen.
United States Civilization.
United States Social conditions To 1865.
États-Unis Civilisation.
États-Unis Conditions sociales Jusqu'à 1865.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 31024
Call No.: ID:88-B2956
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 31023
Call No.: 8988
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available