The rural landscape. / John Fraser Hart.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hart, John Fraser, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rural geography--United States.
• Landscape assessment--United States.
• Agricultural geography--United States.
• Rural geography.
• Landscape assessment.
• Agricultural geography.
• United States--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 401 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, John Fraser Hart offers a comprehensive handbook to understanding the elements that make up the rural landscapethose regions that lie at or beyond the fringes of modern metropolitan life. Though the last two centuries have seen an inversion in the portion of people living on farms to those in cities, the land still beckons, whether.

Contents:

• Understanding landscape
• The surface of the land
• Landscapes of mining
• Plant life
• The use of forests
• Cropping systems
• Land division in Britain
• Land division in America
• Fences and fields
• Barns
• Other farm structures
• Farm size and farm tenure
• Small towns
• The long shadow of the city
• Recreation
• Epilogue : the changing countryside.

Notes:

• "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-390) and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-7027-5

OCLC:

1236261003