Holdings: Landscape, nature, and the body politic :

Landscape, nature, and the body politic : from Britain's renaissance to America's new world / Kenneth Robert Olwig ; with a foreword by Yi-Fu Tuan.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Olwig, Kenneth (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Landscapes > Political aspects > Great Britain > History. Land use > Political aspects > Great Britain > History. Nature > Political aspects > Great Britain > History. Landscapes > Great Britain > History Landscapes in literature Renaissance > England Nature in literature Place (Philosophy) Great Britain > Historical geography America > Foreign public opinion, British

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Nature, Country, and Landscape
1. The Political Landscape as Polity and Place
2. Country and Landscape
3. "Masquing" the Body Politic of Britain
4. Landscaping the Body Politic of the British State
5. Landscaping Britain's Country and Nature
6. Gendering the Nation's Natural Landscape
7. Landscaping Racial and National Progress
8. The "Country" of the United States contra the "Landscape" of America's New World
Conclusion: Landscape, Place, and the Body Politic.