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Title: Discovering the Vernacular Landscape by John Brinckerhoff Jackson ISBN: 0-300-03581-0 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Meditations upon the meaning of 'landscape'
Comment: I was attracted by the title of this book; there's so much to be learned by observing the suburban or rural landscape, which most of us drive through without really noticing or reflecting upon it. Someday a wonderful book will be written on this topic, but this is not it. Instead, John Jackson presents us with a series of 'musings,' for lack of a better word, about the vernacular landscape. At times, the writing takes on a stream-of-consciousness quality that leans too heavily toward personal reflection. Topics include the grid-road network of the US midwest, placement of county courthouses within town plans, the history of the 'box house,' evolution of the Arts & Crafts style of architecture, and the author's experiences in the US Army in Europe during WWII. Intertwined among these topics are passages in which the author reflects upon the notion of 'landscape' and what it means to him.
Rating: 4
Summary: Intersting but a bit much.
Comment: This is a rather interesting book. The perspective it takes on history is unique. The basic premise is that you can learn a great deal about a society by the way they talk about and treat the land around them. I must admit, it made me look at my surroundings differently. It is a bit slow in places, and after a while I started to loose interest. However, overall I would say that this collection of essays is rather good. You should check it out if you have any interest in the field of landscape studies.
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Title: A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson ISBN: 0300063970 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.51 |
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Title: The Necessity for Ruins, and Other Topics by J. B. Jackson ISBN: 0870232924 Publisher: Univ. of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: May, 1980 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Landscape in Sight: Looking at America by John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz ISBN: 0300080743 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Landscapes: Selected Writings of J. B. Jackson by John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Ervin H. Zube ISBN: 0870230727 Publisher: Univ. of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: June, 1970 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Language of Landscape by Anne Whiston Spirn ISBN: 0300082940 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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