The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled A

The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled A

Sprawling Piedmont cities, ghost towns on the plains, earth-toned placitas set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, mining camps transformed into ski resorts

"Penetrating insight into the processes by which our collective historical memory is constructed. Through a range of case studies, the authors explore how and w

Photographs and essays express "the way the American landscape has been forged by various cultures in the past and what the possibilities are for its future des