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Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 10 List of Illustrations 12 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction 20 1. Pass the Bottle: Scenic America 26 2. In the Name of the Bomb: The Wasteland￢ﾀﾙs Atomic Bloom 46 3. Timber Culture: Scenic Oregon and the Aesthetics of Clearcuts 70 4. Open (for Business) Range: Wyoming￢ﾀﾙs Pay Dirt and the Virtual Sublime 108 Conclusion: Green Patriotism: From ￢ﾀﾜMoral Geography￢ﾀﾝ to ￢ﾀﾜMoral Ecology￢ﾀﾝ 142 Notes 158 Index 186 Back Cover 191 Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press,Published:2011,ISBN:9781613760031,Related ISBN:9781558498723,Language:English,OCLC:794700515 Americans’ cultural love affair with their country’s landscape started in the nineteenth century, when expansionism was often promoted as divine mission, the West was still the frontier, and scenery became the backdrop of nationalist mythology. With a promise of resources ripe for development, Manifest Destiny–era aesthetics often reinforced a system of environmental degradation while preserving the wide and wild view. Although the aesthetics have evolved, contemporary media are filled with American landscape images inspired by the nineteenth century. Terre Ryan examines

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Author

Ryan, Terre , 1959-

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781613760031

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Nature, Social Science