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• catalog abstract ""[This book] examines the forces that have shaped the American landscape since the Revolutionary War. It begins by comparing the lives of two young men: one a self-made millionaire from Connecticut who moved to the Midwest wilderness in 1803 in search of freedom and opportunity; the other a Virginian taken captive as a child and adopted by the Indians living in that same wilderness. Using their experiences as touchstones, Visions traces the transformation of the Midwest and West from wilderness into an agrarian and suburban landscape as the nation expanded westward."--Jacket. "Simpson explains how the American landscape is a reflection of traditional landscape values in which land is considered private property and a commodity primarily for functional use. He also shows how our landscape has been shaped by our ideal of paradise. By learning to look beneath the surface, to see the landscape, Simpson concludes, we stand to gain a deep and satisfying connection to the land and to the history it makes visible."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11107446.
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""Simpson explains how the American landscape is a reflection of traditional landscape values in which land is considered private property and a commodity primarily for functional use. He also shows how our landscape has been shaped by our ideal of paradise. By learning to look beneath the surface, to see the landscape, Simpson concludes, we stand to gain a deep and satisfying connection to the land and to the history it makes visible."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""[This book] examines the forces that have shaped the American landscape since the Revolutionary War. It begins by comparing the lives of two young men: one a self-made millionaire from Connecticut who moved to the Midwest wilderness in 1803 in search of freedom and opportunity; the other a Virginian taken captive as a child and adopted by the Indians living in that same wilderness. Using their experiences as touchstones, Visions traces the transformation of the Midwest and West from wilderness into an agrarian and suburban landscape as the nation expanded westward."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-376) and index.".
• catalog description "Prelude: Landscape vision -- 1. Paradise lost, paradise found -- 2. Actions and outcomes -- Forest cathedral -- 3. Designs for a national landscape -- 4. Westward the course of empire -- 5. Landscape: myth and reality -- 6. Pilgrims' progress -- 7. Looking ahead, looking back -- Out of sight, out of mind -- 8. The view from afar -- 9. The view from within -- 10. A tale of two parks -- 11. The greater good -- Time travel -- 12. Widening the circle -- 13. Litigating the land -- 14. The emotional landscape -- Forgotten sensations -- 15. Remaking urban America -- 16. Dream weavers -- 17. America's landscape architect -- 18. City as suburb -- Hearing the echoes -- 19. A last look.".
• catalog extent "xi, 387 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0520213645 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
• catalog spatial "Middle West".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
• catalog subject "333.73/13/0978 21".
• catalog subject "Environmental policy United States.".
• catalog subject "GF504.W35 S56 1999".
• catalog subject "GF504.W35 S56 1999X".
• catalog subject "Human ecology United States History.".
• catalog subject "Landscape changes Middle West History.".
• catalog subject "Landscape changes West (U.S.) History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Prelude: Landscape vision -- 1. Paradise lost, paradise found -- 2. Actions and outcomes -- Forest cathedral -- 3. Designs for a national landscape -- 4. Westward the course of empire -- 5. Landscape: myth and reality -- 6. Pilgrims' progress -- 7. Looking ahead, looking back -- Out of sight, out of mind -- 8. The view from afar -- 9. The view from within -- 10. A tale of two parks -- 11. The greater good -- Time travel -- 12. Widening the circle -- 13. Litigating the land -- 14. The emotional landscape -- Forgotten sensations -- 15. Remaking urban America -- 16. Dream weavers -- 17. America's landscape architect -- 18. City as suburb -- Hearing the echoes -- 19. A last look.".
• catalog title "Visions of paradise : glimpses of our landscape's legacy / John Warfield Simpson.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".