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This ecstatic nation : the American landscape and the aesthetics of patriotism / Terre Ryan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Terre, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscapes--Symbolic aspects--West (U.S.).
- Landscapes.
- Landscapes--Social aspects--West (U.S.).
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.).
- Nature.
- Land use--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.).
- Land use.
- Landscapes in art.
- West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--In art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 171 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An eco-critical memoir that examines the ongoing power of an American myth
- Contents:
- Pass the bottle : scenic America
- In the name of the bomb : the wasteland's atomic bloom
- Timber culture : scenic Oregon and the aesthetics of clearcuts
- Open (for business) range : Wyoming's pay dirt and the virtual sublime.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-003-5
- OCLC:
- 794700515
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