Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth in Urban America

by Peter J. Schmitt

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Peter J. Schmitt describes the many ways in which America's urban middle class became involved with nature from the turn of the century to shortly after World War I, and he assess the influence of the Arcadian myth on American culture. With sympathy and gentle irony, he surveys the manifestations of the American love affair with the country: summer camps, the beginnings of wildlie protection and the conservation crusade, landscaped cemeteris, Christian...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801840139

ISBN13:9780801840135

Release Date:February 1990

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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Americas Architecture Arts, Music & Photography Biological Sciences Ecology History Landscape Nature Nature & Ecology Politics & Social Sciences

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