Transformations of Urban and Suburban Landscapes: Perspectives from Philosophy, Geography, and Architecture

Book Overview

The study of landscape and place has become an increasingly fertile realm of inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. In this new book of essays, selected from presentations at the first annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Geography, scholars investigate the experiences and meanings that inscribe urban and suburban landscapes. Gary Backhaus and John Murungi bring philosophy and geography into a dialogue with a host of other disciplines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739103369
• ISBN13: 9780739103364
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"