| Description |
ix, 212 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 The Accessible Landscape 1 -- SOUTHWEST -- 2 Seeing New Mexico 13 -- 3 Pueblo Dwellings and Our Own 27 -- 4 Church or Plaza? 39 -- s The Mobile Home on the Range 51 -- ENVIRONMENTS -- 6 Beyond Wilderness 71 -- 7 In Favor of Trees 93 -- 8 The Past and Future Park 105o -- 9 Vernacular Gardens 119 -- So Working at Home 135 -- TOWNS, CARS, AND ROADS -- ii A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time 149 -- 12 Looking into Automobiles 165 -- 13 Truck City 171 -- 14 Roads Belong in the Landscape 187 -- Notes 206 -- Index 210 |
| Summary |
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, place and permanence less so. We no longer gain a feeling of community from where we live or 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 of motility 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 pubic 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 discusses the form and function 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. Written with Jackson's customary lucidity and elegance, this book reveals his 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 |
| Analysis |
New Mexico |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-209) and index |
| Subject |
Landscape architecture -- New Mexico.
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Landscape assessment -- New Mexico.
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Landscape assessment -- United States.
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Landscapes -- New Mexico.
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Landscapes -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
New Mexico -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091363
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New Mexico -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116310
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| LC no. |
93050618 |
| ISBN |
0300060025 |
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