Landscape and Power, Second Edition

Released on 2002-04-15 by William John Thomas Mitchell
Landscape and Power, Second Edition

Author: William John Thomas Mitchell

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 0226532054

Category: Art

Page: 376

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This text considers landscape not simply as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of national and social identities. This edition adds a new preface and five new essays.

Landscape and Power, Second Edition
Language: en
Pages: 376

Landscape and Power, Second Edition

Authors: William John Thomas Mitchell, W. J. T. Mitchell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

This text considers landscape not simply as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of national and social identities. This edition adds a new preface and five new essays.
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Pages: 256

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Categories: Art
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Language: en
Pages: 144

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Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Peter Lang

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Language: en
Pages: 351

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Categories: Art
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Language: en
Pages: 208

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Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-07 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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