A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson

A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson

This work takes readers on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how surroundings reflect important changes in culture. The book examines the new vernacular landscape of trailers, parking lots, roads and shopping malls.

"MrJackson is at all times acutely observant and down to earth. This is one of the most interesting essay collections I have read in years, and it deserves a wide audience."—Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

"Mr. Jackson is the contemplative explorer, distilling his trenchant observations in limpid, conversational prose."—Suzanne Stephens, New York Times Book Review

Winner of the 1994 Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the best collection of essays published in 1994 given by the PEN American Center

John Brinckerhoff Jackson is the founder of Landscape magazine and has taught the history of the American landscape at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book, Discovering the Vernacular Landscape, was acclaimed as "incisive and overpoweringly influential" (Thomas Hine, Philadelphia Inquirer).

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ISBN 13	9780300063974
ISBN 10	0300063970
Title	A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time
Author	John Brinckerhoff Jackson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	1996-02-21
Number of pages	224
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