The Resource Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition, Aaron Sachs
Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition, Aaron Sachs
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The item Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition, Aaron Sachs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible to all and serving to remind visitors of the natural cycles of life. In this unique interdisciplinary blend of historical narrative, cultural criticism, and poignant memoir, Aaron Sachs argues that American cemeteries embody a forgotten landscape tradition that has much to teach us in our current moment of environmental crisis. Until the trauma of the Civil War, many Americans sought to shape society into what they thought of as an Arcadia--not an Eden where fruit simply fell off the tree, but a public garden that depended on an ethic of communal care, and whose sense of beauty and repose related directly to an acknowledgment of mortality and limitation. Sachs explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists, painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners, and holds up for comparison the twenty-first century's--and his own--tendency toward denial of both death and environmental limits. His far-reaching insights suggest new possibilities for the environmental movement today and new ways of understanding American history."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 484 pages)
- Contents
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- Prologue : waterfalls and cemeteries
- Common shade : cultivating a place for death
- The middle landscapes of New England culture
- Sleepy Hollow : a young nation in repose
- Stumps
- Three men of the middle border (part one) : twilight
- Three men of the middle border (part two) : American homelessness
- Atlantis : Arcadia and Armageddon
- Epilogue : American Gothic; or death by landscape
- Isbn
- 9780300189056
- Label
- Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition
- Title
- Arcadian America
- Title remainder
- the death and life of an environmental tradition
- Statement of responsibility
- Aaron Sachs
- Subject
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- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Arcadia in art
- Arcadia in art
- Arcadia in literature
- Arcadia in literature
- Cemeteries
- Cemeteries -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Environmental responsibility
- Environmental responsibility -- United States
- Environmentalism -- Social aspects
- Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- 1800-1899
- American literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible to all and serving to remind visitors of the natural cycles of life. In this unique interdisciplinary blend of historical narrative, cultural criticism, and poignant memoir, Aaron Sachs argues that American cemeteries embody a forgotten landscape tradition that has much to teach us in our current moment of environmental crisis. Until the trauma of the Civil War, many Americans sought to shape society into what they thought of as an Arcadia--not an Eden where fruit simply fell off the tree, but a public garden that depended on an ethic of communal care, and whose sense of beauty and repose related directly to an acknowledgment of mortality and limitation. Sachs explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists, painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners, and holds up for comparison the twenty-first century's--and his own--tendency toward denial of both death and environmental limits. His far-reaching insights suggest new possibilities for the environmental movement today and new ways of understanding American history."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sachs, Aaron
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- New directions in narrative history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cemeteries
- Human ecology
- American literature
- Arcadia in literature
- Arcadia in art
- Environmentalism
- Environmental responsibility
- HISTORY
- American literature
- Arcadia in art
- Arcadia in literature
- Cemeteries
- Environmental responsibility
- Environmentalism
- Human ecology
- United States
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition, Aaron Sachs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : waterfalls and cemeteries -- Common shade : cultivating a place for death -- The middle landscapes of New England culture -- Sleepy Hollow : a young nation in repose -- Stumps -- Three men of the middle border (part one) : twilight -- Three men of the middle border (part two) : American homelessness -- Atlantis : Arcadia and Armageddon -- Epilogue : American Gothic; or death by landscape
- Control code
- ocn824655125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 484 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300189056
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 422781
- 22573/ctt2zx95v
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)824655125
- Label
- Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition, Aaron Sachs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : waterfalls and cemeteries -- Common shade : cultivating a place for death -- The middle landscapes of New England culture -- Sleepy Hollow : a young nation in repose -- Stumps -- Three men of the middle border (part one) : twilight -- Three men of the middle border (part two) : American homelessness -- Atlantis : Arcadia and Armageddon -- Epilogue : American Gothic; or death by landscape
- Control code
- ocn824655125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 484 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300189056
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 422781
- 22573/ctt2zx95v
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)824655125
Subject
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Arcadia in art
- Arcadia in art
- Arcadia in literature
- Arcadia in literature
- Cemeteries
- Cemeteries -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Environmental responsibility
- Environmental responsibility -- United States
- Environmentalism -- Social aspects
- Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- 1800-1899
- American literature
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