
Landscape in Sight
Looking at America
John Brinckerhoff Jackson(Author)
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz(Editor)
Yale University Press
Published on 11. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-300-08074-2 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing not on nature but on landscape-land shaped by human presence-Jackson invites us to see the everyday places of the American countryside and city. This appealing anthology, illustrated with Jackson's sketches and photographs, brings together his most famous essays, significant but less well known writings, articles originally published under pseudonyms, a bibliography of his landscape writings, and introductions that place his work in context.
"Jackson remains a model for civil discussion of architecture and the landscape."-Michael Leccese, Architecture
"[This book] contains several wonderful essays in what is best described as domestic anthropology, including a paean to mobile homes and an investigation of the humble garage. Vintage Jackson."-Witold Rybczynski, Lingua Franca
"A large and varied sampler of essays by the late doyen of American cultural geography. . . . Highly recommended for geographers and students of the American scene."-Kirkus Reviews
"Horowitz makes the reader appreciate once again the dignity and affection Jackson brought to garages, supermarkets, cemeteries, or the urban grid."-Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times
"Jackson remains a model for civil discussion of architecture and the landscape."-Michael Leccese, Architecture
"[This book] contains several wonderful essays in what is best described as domestic anthropology, including a paean to mobile homes and an investigation of the humble garage. Vintage Jackson."-Witold Rybczynski, Lingua Franca
"A large and varied sampler of essays by the late doyen of American cultural geography. . . . Highly recommended for geographers and students of the American scene."-Kirkus Reviews
"Horowitz makes the reader appreciate once again the dignity and affection Jackson brought to garages, supermarkets, cemeteries, or the urban grid."-Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
51 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-08074-2 (9780300080742)
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Persons
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz is professor of history and American studies at Smith College.