The Necessity for Ruins, and Other Topics

by J.B. Jackson

Book Overview

Jackson discussed the evolution of the development, use, and perception of landscape--the space around us in the most general sense. The title chapter examines the proliferation of historic parks and monuments and argues that American culture demands a three-step formulation of history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870232916
• ISBN13: 9780870232916
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"