Discovering The Vernacular Landscape
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Discovering The Vernacular Landscape
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1984-01-01
Discovering The Vernacular Landscape written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Social Science categories.
A pioneer in landscape studies takes us on a tour of landscapes past and present to show how our surroundings reflect our culture. "No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. It is a book to be deeply cherished and to be read and pondered many times."--Wilbur Zelinsky, Landscape "While it is fashionable to speak of man as alienated from his environment, Mr. Jackson shows us all the ties that bind us to it, consciously or unconsciously. He teaches us to speak intelligently--rather than polemically or wistfully--of the sense of place."--Anatole Broyard, New York Times "This book is a vital and seminal text: do beg, borrow or buy it."--Robert Holden, Landscape Design (London) "Incisive and overpoweringly influential. It will probably tell you something about how you live that you've never thought about."--Thomas Hine, The Philadelphia Inquirer "No one can come close to Jackson in his unique combination of historical scholarship and field experience, in his deep knowledge of European high culture as well as of American trailer parks, in his archivist's nose for the unusual fact and his philosopher's mind for the trenchant, surprising question."--Yi-Fu Tuan
A Sense Of Place A Sense Of Time
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
A Sense Of Place A Sense Of Time written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Science categories.
J.B. Jackson, a pioneer in the field of landscape studies, here takes us on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how our surroundings reflect important changes in our culture. Because we live in urban and industrial environments that are constantly evolving, says Jackson, time and movement are increasingly important to us and place and permanence are less so. We no longer gain a feeling of community from where we live or where we assemble but from common work hours, habits, and customs. Jackson examines the new vernacular landscape of trailers, parking lots, trucks, loading docks, and suburban garages, which all reflect this emphasis on mobility and transience; he redefines roads as scenes of work and leisure and social intercourse--as places, rather than as means of getting to places; he argues that public parks are now primarily for children, older people, and nature lovers, while more mobile or gregarious people seek recreation in shopping malls, in the street, and in sports arenas; he traces the development of dwellings in New Mexico from prehistoric Pueblo villages to mobile homes; and he criticizes the tendency of some environmentalists to venerate nature instead of interacting with it and learning to share it with others in temporary ways. Written with his customary lucidity and elegance, this book reveals Jackson's passion for vernacular culture, his insights into a style of life that blurs the boundaries between work and leisure, between middle and working classes, and between public and private spaces.
A People S Guide To Los Angeles
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Author : Laura Pulido
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-04-23
A People S Guide To Los Angeles written by Laura Pulido and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-23 with History categories.
A People’s Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles. Roughly dividing the city into six regions—North Los Angeles, the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley, South Los Angeles, Long Beach and the Harbor, the Westside, and the San Fernando Valley—this illuminating guide shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape.
Landscape In Sight
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Landscape In Sight written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Social Science categories.
This anthology of the author's writings on the American landscape, illustrated with his own sketches and photographs, brings together his most famous essays, significant but less well known writings and articles that were originally published unsigned or under pseudonyms.
The Vernacular Garden
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Author : John Dixon Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1993
The Vernacular Garden written by John Dixon Hunt and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Architecture categories.
Much has been written on the traditions of elite gardens but little attention has been directed to the gardens of more humble and popular cultures that reflect regional, localized, ethnic, personal, or folk creations. These articles reflect growing interest in a range of cultural artifacts that demonstrate how culture influences surroundings.
Postwestern Cultures
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Author : Susan Kollin
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Postwestern Cultures written by Susan Kollin and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Synthesizes topics of contemporary scholarship of the American West. This work examines subjects ranging from the use of frontier rhetoric in Japanese American internment camp narratives to the emergence of agricultural tourism in the New West to the application of geographer J B Jackson's theories to vernacular or abandoned western landscapes.
Poetry Enclosure And The Vernacular Landscape 1700 1830
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Author : Rachel Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-09-05
Poetry Enclosure And The Vernacular Landscape 1700 1830 written by Rachel Crawford and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
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The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 1980
The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Architecture categories.
Essays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. Discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.
Invitation To Vernacular Architecture
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Author : Thomas Carter
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2005
Invitation To Vernacular Architecture written by Thomas Carter and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
« Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes is a manual for exploring and interpreting vernacular architecture, the common buildings of particular regions and time periods. Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley provide a comprehensive introduction to the field. » « Rich with illustrations and written in a clear and jargon-free style, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture is an ideal text for courses in architecture, material culture studies, historic preservation, American studies, and history, and a useful guide for anyone interested in the built environment. »--
Landscapes
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Landscapes written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Landscape assessment categories.