Overlook : exploring the internal fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation / edited by Matthew Coolidge and Sarah Simons.

Title & Author:

Overlook : exploring the internal fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation / edited by Matthew Coolidge and Sarah Simons.

Publication:

Description:

264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Introduction / Matthew Coolidge -- Circling the center / Ralph Rugoff -- Round on the edges : let's look at Ohio -- Terrestrial miniaturizations : shrinking big in a small world -- Subterranean renovations : the unique architectural spaces of show caves -- Under water : intentionally drowned towns -- Practiceland : places playing places -- Federaland : America's internal fringe.

Summary:

"A town at the bottom of a reservoir. A covert military installation. A downsized Olestra plant. Sites like these rarely appear on street maps. But they are windows into the American psyche, landmarks that manifest the rich ambiguities of the nation's cultural history." "The Center for Land Use Interpretation draws us into such places, serving as a kind of curator of the American landscape, and a tour guide, helping people understand this vast and complex country."
"Here, drawing on more than a decade of work, the Center for Land Use Interpretation reflects on how the nation's lands have been parceled out, put to use, and understood. Seeking out "the unusual and the exemplary," it takes us through ghost towns and show caves, past soap and shoelace factories, to open pit mines, casinos, landfills and art installations. We see the dry lakes where atomic bombs were tested and the ersatz villages where rescue workers train for toxic spills and other disasters."
"The Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore may loom large in the American imagination and draw the crowds. But the unsung places like those chronicled in Overlook have at least as much to say about American society, if not more. This, after all, is the America where we live."--Jacket.

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Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

1933045337 (pbk.)
9781933045337 (pbk.)

Subject:

Land use United States Miscellanea.
Landscapes United States Miscellanea.
Landscape architecture United States Miscellanea.
Public spaces United States Miscellanea.
Public lands United States Miscellanea.
Human geography United States Miscellanea.
Human ecology United States Miscellanea.
Cultural geography United States Miscellanea.
Utilisation du sol États-Unis Miscellanées.
Paysages États-Unis Miscellanées.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Miscellanées.
Espaces publics États-Unis Miscellanées.
Terres publiques États-Unis Miscellanées.
Géographie culturelle États-Unis Miscellanées.
Écologie humaine États-Unis Miscellanées.
Cultural geography
Geography
Human ecology
Human geography
Land use
Landscape architecture
Landscapes
Public lands
Public spaces
Travel
Verwahrlosung
Landschaft
Peripherer Raum
United States Geography Miscellanea.
United States Description and travel Miscellanea.
United States History, Local Miscellanea.
États-Unis Géographie Miscellanées.
États-Unis Descriptions et voyages Miscellanées.
États-Unis Histoire locale Miscellanées.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

miscellanies.
Trivia and miscellanea
Local history
Miscellanées.

Added entries:

Coolidge, Matthew.
Simons, Sarah, 1959-
Center for Land Use Interpretation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247918
Call No.: BIB 177456
Status: Available

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