Discovering the Vernacular Landscape

by J.B. Jackson

Book Overview

'No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. It is a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300035810
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

quick

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.

Intersting but a bit much.

This is a rather interesting book. The perspective it takes on history is unique. The basic premise is that you can learn a great deal about a society by the way they talk about and treat the land around them. I must admit, it made me look at my surroundings differently. It is a bit slow in places, and after a while I started to loose interest. However, overall I would say that this collection of essays is rather good. You should check it out if you have any interest in the field of landscape studies.