Traces of J. B. Jackson: The Man Who Taught Us to See Everyday America

by Helen L Horowitz and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

J. B. Jackson transformed forever how Americans understand their landscape, a concept he defined as land shaped by human presence. In the first major biography of the greatest pioneer in landscape studies, Helen Horowitz shares with us a man who focused on what he regarded as the essential American landscape, the everyday places of the countryside and city, exploring them as texts that reveal important truths about society and culture, present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813943345
• ISBN13: 9780813943343
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 8.2"