Main entry:

Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, 1909-1996, author.

Title & Author:

Discovering the vernacular landscape / John Brinckerhoff Jackson.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1984]
©1984

Description:

xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index.
The word itself -- A pair of ideal landscapes -- A puritan looks at scenery -- Agrophilia, or the love of horizontal spaces -- Country towns for a new part of the country -- Vernacular -- The movable dwelling and how it came to America -- Stone and its substitutes -- Craftsman style and technostyle -- The origin of parks -- Landscape as seen by the military -- A vision of new fields -- Concluding with landscapes.

Resources:
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0300031386 (alk. paper)
9780300031386 (alk. paper)
0300035810 (pbk.)
9780300035810 (pbk.)

Subject:

Landscape assessment United States.
Landscape architecture United States.
Paysages Évaluation États-Unis.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Landscape architecture
Landscape assessment
Travel
Landschaft
Landschaftsbild
Landschappen.
United States Description and travel.
États-Unis Descriptions et voyages.
United States
USA
États-Unis Architecture du paysage.
United States Human geographical features

Holdings:

Location: Library main 77792
Call No.: PO9700; ID:84-B175
Status: Available

Location: Library main 77793
Call No.: ID:84-B175
Status: Available