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"Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sachs, Aaron (Aaron Jacob) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]
Colección:New directions in narrative history.
Temas:
1800-1899
Cemeteries > United States > History > 19th century.
Cemeteries > Social aspects > United States.
Cemeteries > Environmental aspects > United States.
Human ecology > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Arcadia in literature.
Arcadia in art.
Environmentalism > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental responsibility > United States.
Cimetières > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Environnementalisme > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Responsabilité environnementale > États-Unis.
Cimetières > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Cimetières > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
American literature
Arcadia in art
Arcadia in literature
Cemeteries
Environmental responsibility
Environmentalism > Social aspects
Human ecology
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Prologue WATERFALLS AND CEMETERIES
  • 1. COMMON SHADE: CULTIVATING A PLACE FOR DEATH
  • 2. THE MIDDLE LANDSCAPES OF NEW ENGLAND CULTURE
  • 3. SLEEPY HOLLOW: A YOUNG NATION IN REPOSE
  • 4. STUMPS
  • 5. THREE MEN OF THE MIDDLE BORDER (PART ONE): TWILIGHT
  • 6. THREE MEN OF THE MIDDLE BORDER (PART TWO): AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS
  • 7. ATLANTIS: ARCADIA AND ARMAGEDDON
  • Epilogue AMERICAN GOTHIC; OR, DEATH BY LANDSCAPE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • INDEX

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