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| Discovering the Vernacular Landscape | 
 enlarge | Author: John Brinckerhoff Jackson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 62074
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 165
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0300035810
Dewey Decimal Number: 712
EAN: 9780300035810
ASIN: 0300035810
Publication Date: September 10, 1986
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'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 book to be deeply cherished and to be read and pondered many times.' -Wilbur Zelinsky, Landscape
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 quick September 24, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 Meditations upon the meaning of 'landscape' July 16, 2001
12 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was attracted by the title of this book; there's so much to be learned by observing the suburban or rural landscape, which most of us drive through without really noticing or reflecting upon it. Someday a wonderful book will be written on this topic, but this is not it. Instead, John Jackson presents us with a series of 'musings,' for lack of a better word, about the vernacular landscape. At times, the writing takes on a stream-of-consciousness quality that leans too heavily toward personal reflection. Topics include the grid-road network of the US midwest, placement of county courthouses within town plans, the history of the 'box house,' evolution of the Arts & Crafts style of architecture, and the author's experiences in the US Army in Europe during WWII. Intertwined among these topics are passages in which the author reflects upon the notion of 'landscape' and what it means to him.
Intersting but a bit much. April 7, 2000
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
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