John R. Stilgoe – författare
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14 produkter
What Is Landscape?
E-bok, 2015
207 kr
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A lexicon and guide for discovering the essence of landscape. “Mr. Stilgoe does not ask that we take his book outdoors with us; he believes that reading and experiencing landscapes are activities that should be kept separate. But, as I learned in his book, the hollow storage area in a car driver''s …
Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845
Häftad, 1983
675 kr
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“A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America away from the great cities. This 400-page documentary by a dedicated exploring scholar explains how and why the landscape changed between the times of the early Spanish settlers and the impact of industrialization.”—House and …
Borderland
Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939
Häftad, 1990
841 kr
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This fascinating “prehistory” of the American Suburb traces its evolution from the mid-1800’s to the onset of World War II. Using a rich array of contemporary written and pictorial sources, prize-winning historian John R. Stilgoe guides us through the early suburbs of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago, …
Train Time
Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
Häftad, 2009
283 kr
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Trains have a nostalgic connotation for most Americans, but John Stilgoe argues that we should be looking to rail lines as the path to our future, not just our past. ""Train Time"" picks up where his acclaimed work ""Metropolitan Corridor"" left off, carrying Stilgoe's ideas about the spatial …
Train Time
Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
E-bok, 2009
368 kr
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Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in an economy and culture "waiting for the train." In Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping …
Old Fields
Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape
E-bok, 2014
587 kr
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Glamour subverts convention. Models, images, and even landscapes can skew ordinary ways of seeing when viewed through the lens of photography, suggesting new worlds imbued with fantasy, mystery, sexuality, and tension. In Old Fields, John Stilgoe—one of the most original observers of his …
Landscape and Images
Häftad, 2015
446 kr
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John Stilgoe is just looking around. This is more difficult than it sounds, particularly in our mediated age, when advances in both theory and technology too often seek to replace the visual evidence before our own eyes rather than complement it. We are surrounded by landscapes charged with our …
Landscape and Images
E-bok, 2015
595 kr
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John Stilgoe is just looking around. This is more difficult than it sounds, particularly in our mediated age, when advances in both theory and technology too often seek to replace the visual evidence before our own eyes rather than complement it. We are surrounded by landscapes charged with our …
Lifeboat
Inbunden, 2003
559 kr
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The fire extinguisher; the airline safety card; the lifeboat. Until September 11, 2001, most Americans paid homage to these appurtenances of disaster with a sidelong glance, if at all. But John Stilgoe has been thinking about lifeboats ever since he listened with his father as the kitchen radio …
Landscape and Images
Inbunden, 2005
540 kr
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John Stilgoe is just looking around. This is more difficult than it sounds, particularly in our mediated age, when advances in both theory and technology too often seek to replace the visual evidence before our own eyes rather than complement it. We are surrounded by landscapes charged with our …
Train Time
Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
Inbunden, 2007
484 kr
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Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in an economy and culture ""waiting for the train."" In ""Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent …
Lifeboat
Häftad, 2007
261 kr
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Woven through ""Lifeboat"" are good old-fashioned yarns and thrilling tales of adventure that will quicken the pulse of readers who have enjoyed the novels of Patrick O'Brian, ""Crabwalk"" by Gunter Grass, or works of nonfiction such as ""The Perfect Storm"" and ""In the Heart of the Sea"". But …
Old Fields
Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape
Inbunden, 2014
468 kr
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Glamour subverts convention. As viewed through the lens of photography, models, images, and even landscapes can skew ordinary ways of seeing, suggesting new worlds imbued with fantasy, mystery, sexuality, and tension. In Old Fields, John Stilgoe—one of the most original observers of his time—offers …
