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This ecstatic nation : the American landscape and the aesthetics of patriotism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, Terre, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2011]
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > In art.
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
Ranching > Environmental aspects > Wyoming.
Clearcutting > Environmental aspects > Oregon.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Environmental aspects > Nevada > Nevada Test Site.
Landscapes in art.
Land use > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)
Nature > Effect of human beings on > West (U.S.)
Landscapes > Social aspects > West (U.S.)
Landscapes > Symbolic aspects > West (U.S.)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Pass the bottle : scenic America
  • In the name of the bomb : the wasteland's atomic bloom
  • Timber culture : scenic Oregon and the aesthetics of clearcuts
  • Open (for business) range : Wyoming's pay dirt and the virtual sublime.