9780813937151 - The Camaro in the Pasture: Speculations on the Cultural Landscape of America di Riley, Robert B. (7 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 184.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Robert Riley has been a renowned figure in landscape studies for over fifty years, valued for his perceptive, learned, and highly entertaining articles, reviews, and essays. Much of Rileys work originally ran in Landscape, the pioneering magazine at which Riley succeeded the great geographer J. B. Jackson as editor. The Camaro in the Pasture is the first book to collect this compelling authors writing. With diverse topics ranging from science-fiction fantasies to problems of academic design research, the essays in this volume cover an entire half-century of Rileys observations on the American landscape. The essaysseveral of which are new or previously unpublishedinterpret changing rationales for urban beautification, the evolution and transformation of the strip, the development of a global landscape of golf and resorts replacing an older tourist search for exoticism, and the vernacular landscape as wallpaper not quilt. Ultimately, Riley envisions our future landscape as a rapidly fluctuating electronic net draped over the more slowly changing and familiar land- and building-based system. Throughout, Riley emphasizes the vernacular landscape of contemporary Americahow we have shaped and use it, what it is becoming, and, above all, how we experience it. Throughout, Riley emphasizes the vernacular landscape of contemporary America--how we have shaped and use it, what it is becoming, and, above all, how we experience it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMV; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363. . 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 192 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMV; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363. . 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Gebunden. Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnRobert Riley has been a renowned figure in landscape studies for over fifty years, valued for his perceptive, learned, and highly entertaining articles, reviews, and essays. The Camaro in the Pasture is the first book to .

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Robert Riley has been a renowned figure in landscape studies for over fifty years, valued for his perceptive, learned, and highly entertaining articles, reviews, and essays. The Camaro in the Pasture is the first book to collect this compelling author's writing. With diverse topics ranging from science-fiction fantasies to problems of academic design research, this collction covers half a century of Riley's observations.