The Shape of the land /

Illustrates how farming and strip mining, bridges and irrigation projects--and, of course, our settlement patterns--have left their imprints on the shape of the American land mass. Sites visited, Yosemite National Park, East Bridge in St. Louis, Hoover Dam, Brooklyn Bridge and the waterways of the T...

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Corporate Authors: Guggenheim Productions, inc, WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), PBS Video
Other Authors: Kostof, Spiro
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, [1987]
Series:America by design ; episode 5.
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Summary:Illustrates how farming and strip mining, bridges and irrigation projects--and, of course, our settlement patterns--have left their imprints on the shape of the American land mass. Sites visited, Yosemite National Park, East Bridge in St. Louis, Hoover Dam, Brooklyn Bridge and the waterways of the Tennesse Valley Authority.
Item Description:VHS format.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Audience:Architecture.
Production Credits:Photography, Tim Housel ; editor, Robert Pierce ; music, Michael Rendish ... [et al.] ; research, Margo Reid, Douglas MacDonald.