A collection of seventeen essays examining the field of American cultural landscapes past and present. The role of J. B. Jackson and his influence on the field is a explored in many of them.
"In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held assumptions about 17th century settlers."--Publishers Weekly
Democracy and Its Discontents: Reflections on Everyday America
A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era--the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series
Horowitz brings this singular person to life, revealing how Jackson changed our perception of the landscape and, through friendship as well as his writings, profoundly influenced the lives of many, including her own.
The volume is divided into four parts, each of which addresses a distinct aspect of the ways in which suburbia is lived in and made.
This book examines the evolution of information seeking in nine areas of everyday American life. --from publisher description.
Comprehensive study of late-18th-century clothing worn by settlers and Abenaki Indians of New England.
... xi , 45-46 Maris , Roger , xii , xvi , 118 , 119 Marquis and Stoller , 61 Martha and the Vandellas , 175 Martin ... 156 McGuire , Barry , 173 McIntire , John , 199 McKenzie , Scott , 87–88 , 170 McKinnell and Knowles , 65 McKuen ...
Architectural History and American Architecture The Art Deco style celebrated the Machine Age by combining ... Mill Towns; Modernism (Art Moderne); Penitentiaries and Prisons; Planned Communities; Postmodernism; Renaissance Revival; ...
Women triumph in everyday America. The other America is the distortion constructed by radical feminists and Washington politicians. These politicians make a career out of telling women that they are defeated.