Landscapes: Selected Writings of J.B. Jackson

by J.B. Jackson

Book Overview

The author views landscaping as an expression of a way of life. This collection of essays is written for the general reader and features articles without footnotes. The subject matter ranges from disquisitions on ordinary houses, yards, farms, and farmsteads to notes on ecology and from the impact of automobile use, mobile homes, shopping centers, and rural and urban planning to philosophical arguments about the meaning of human space and arguments for and against preservation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870230727
• ISBN13: 9780870230721
• Release Date: June 1970
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher