Introduction: nature, country, and landscape -- The political landscape as polity and place -- Country and landscape -- "Masquing" the body politic of Britain -- Landscaping the body politic of the British state -- Landscaping Britain's country and nature -- Gendering the nation's natural landscape -- Landscaping racial and national progress -- The "country" of the United States contra the "landscape" of America's new world -- Conclusion: landscape, place, and the body politic
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index