Main entry:

Olwig, Kenneth.

Title & Author:

Landscape, nature, and the body politic : from Britain's renaissance to America's new world / Kenneth Robert Olwig ; with a foreword by Yi-Fu Tuan.

Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2002.

Description:

xxxii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index.
Introduction: nature, country, and landscape -- The political landscape as polity and place -- Country and landscape -- "Masquing" the body politic of Britain -- Landscaping the body politic of the British state -- Landscaping Britain's country and nature -- Gendering the nation's natural landscape -- Landscaping racial and national progress -- The "country" of the United States contra the "landscape" of America's new world -- Conclusion: landscape, place, and the body politic.

Summary:

This text is an exploration of the origins and lasting influence of two contesting but intertwined discourses that persist today when we use the words landscape, country, scenery, and, nature.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0299174204 (alk. paper)
9780299174200 (alk. paper)
0299174247 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780299174248 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscapes Political aspects Great Britain History.
Land use Political aspects Great Britain History.
Nature Political aspects Great Britain History.
Landscapes Great Britain History.
Landscapes in literature.
Renaissance England.
Nature in literature.
Place (Philosophy)
Paysages Aspect politique Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Utilisation du sol Aspect politique Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Nature Aspect politique Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Paysages Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Renaissance Angleterre.
Nature dans la littérature.
Lieu (Philosophie)
Historical geography
Land use Political aspects
Landscapes
Landscapes Political aspects
Nature Political aspects
Public opinion, British
Renaissance
Landschaft
Politik
Landscape Political aspects Great Britain History
Landscape Great Britain History
Geschichte 1600-2000.
Great Britain Historical geography.
America Foreign public opinion, British.
America
England
Great Britain
Großbritannien
USA
geografie
geography
landschap
landscape
geschiedenis
history
landgebruik
land use
literatuur
literature
politiek
politics
great britain
amerika
america
Historical Geography
Geography (General)
Historische geografie
Geografie

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229798
Call No.: DA600 .O49 2002
Status: Available