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Author Larsen, Torben Huus

Title Enduring pastoral : recycling the middle landscape ideal in the Tennessee Valley / Torben Huus Larsen
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations
Series Architecture, technology, culture, 1871-0115 ; 4
Architecture, technology, culture ; 4.
Contents 1. The Museum of Appalachia and the pastoral simulacrum -- 2. Estates, trails, and national parks: early rxamples of the pastoralized space -- 3. A "machine-driven Arcadia": The TVA and the transformation of the Tennessee valley: 1933 to 1942 -- 4. A breakdown of ideologies: The Tellico dam and the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway -- 5. "You don't get that authenticity at Disney!": Dollywood, Jack Daniel's, and the emergence of the hyper-pastoral -- 6. Beyond the hyper-pastoral: A Conclusion
Summary Has the pastoral vision, so central to American history and culture, survived the twentieth century? Enduring Pastoral traces and analyzes the development of the middle landscape by examining the historical construction of a variety of private and
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index
Notes English
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Subject Ecology -- Tennessee River Valley
Landscapes -- Tennessee River Valley
Tourism -- Tennessee River Valley
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Ecology
Landscapes
Tourism
SUBJECT Tennessee River Valley. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001224
Subject United States -- Tennessee River Valley
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010537044
ISBN 9789042030589
9042030585
1282792822
9781282792821
9786612792823
6612792825