Landscape in Sight: Looking at America

Landscape in Sight: Looking at America

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<P>Focusing not on nature but on landscape-land shaped by human presence-Jackson invites us to see the everyday places of the American countryside and city. This appealing anthology, illustrated with Jackson€s sketches and photographs, brings together his most famous essays, significant but less well known writings, articles originally published under pseudonyms, a bibliography of his landscape writings, and introductions that place his work in context.<br><br>"Jackson remains a model for civil discussion of architecture and the landscape."-Michael Leccese, <I>Architecture<br><br></I>"[This book] contains several wonderful essays in what is best described as domestic anthropology, including a paean to mobile homes and an investigation of the humble garage. Vintage Jackson."-Witold Rybczynski<I>, Lingua Franca<br><br></I>"A large and varied sampler of essays by the late doyen of American cultural geography. . . . Highly recommended for geographers and students of the American scene."-<I>Kirkus Reviews<br><br></I>"Horowitz makes the reader appreciate once again the dignity and affection Jackson brought to garages, supermarkets, cemeteries, or the urban grid."-Patricia Leigh Brown, <I>New York Times</I></P>