Pastoral and Monumental: Dams, Postcards, and the American Landscape

by Donald C. Jackson

Book Overview

In Pastoral and Monumental, Donald C. Jackson chronicles America's longtime fascination with dams as represented on picture postcards from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Through over four hundred images, Jackson documents the remarkable transformation of dams and their significance to the environment and culture of America. Initially, dams were portrayed in pastoral settings on postcards that might jokingly proclaim them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082294426X
• ISBN13: 9780822944263
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"