Landscapes: Selected Writings of J.B. Jackson
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870230727 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The subject matter ranges from disquisitions on ordinary houses, yards, farms, and farmsteads to notes on ecology and from the impact of automobile use, mobile homes, shopping centers, and rural and urban planning to philosophical arguments about the meaning of human space and arguments for and against preservation.. The author views landscaping as an expression of a way of life. This collection of essays is written for the general reader and features articles without footnotes
"poetry not prose" according to Michael Lewyn. A variety of short, (mostly) interesting essays describing various American places in the 1950s and 1960s- for example, a long essay comparing three generations of farmers, a comparison of a drab highway-oriented Main Street and a more successful street oriented towards a variety of users, and a description of a small western town. This book is mostly poetry rather than pros. Beautiful HFI J.B. Jackson is an eloquent writer and keen observer. I've read several of his works and have enjoyed them all.. on time the book arrived quiclky and I'm happy with it nevertheless it as some underlined sentences (used books are usually like this) but it's quite ok.
Jackson was born in 1908 and lived until 1996. . B. J. Raised and educated in Massachusetts, Jackson studied geography and architecture until he launched the combination of these subjects in his magazine, Landscape.Jackson went on to publish Discovering the Vernacular Landscape (1984), The Essential Landscape: The New Mexico Photographic Survey (1985), and A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time (1994), wh
One long essay describing the life styles of the three generations in a westward moving farm family mirrors major changes in U.S life between the Colonial and contemporary periods."Booklist"A refreshing and enlightening piece of literature, written most articulately for anyone interested in horticulture or American history and sociology."Horticulture. Jackson, founder and long-time editor of Landscape magazine. Jackson is rightfully famous for his sensitive humanistic reflections on the cultural landscape. B. "A splendid collection of essays, articles, and addresses by J. This collection contains many gems of wisdom an