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The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez
In this celebrated work, Alexander Wilson examines environments built over the past fifty years, as humans have continued to discover, exploit, protect, restore, and sometimes re-enchant a natural world in convulsion. Extensively illustrated.
- GenresNatureArchitecture
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First published April 1, 1991
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May 5, 2015
I'd really give it 3.25, or 3.5, if that makes sense. It's not really "ok", but it's not "really liked it", either. So, yeah .. :)
It's a nice book and well written -- it's entertaining in its story telling. This is most certainly not deep scholarship, yet it tries to be at certain points. If you are looking for an easy read that's pretty entertaining, this is a good book.
I will say the pictures, tables,and graphs are well done in this book, although I'm not sure why it is so Canada-heavy, noting that his journeys are in both Canada and the U.S. I realize he is in Toronto, but a little more research would have been nice to include U.S. maps and tables, too. I assume he may not have been funded for that? I can't fault him for that ;)
It's a nice book and well written -- it's entertaining in its story telling. This is most certainly not deep scholarship, yet it tries to be at certain points. If you are looking for an easy read that's pretty entertaining, this is a good book.
I will say the pictures, tables,and graphs are well done in this book, although I'm not sure why it is so Canada-heavy, noting that his journeys are in both Canada and the U.S. I realize he is in Toronto, but a little more research would have been nice to include U.S. maps and tables, too. I assume he may not have been funded for that? I can't fault him for that ;)
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