Screen LibraryLandscapes of culture and nature
A bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range of case studies from the nineteenth-century city to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230250963 |
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A bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range of case studies from the nineteenth-century city to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. : 12 b&w, 3 figures, halftones. |
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9780230235847 9780230250963 : 0230250963 : |
| CLC: | X2 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Quaking Zone: Where Body, Land and Mind Meet PART I: UNCANNY Alligators, Crocodiles and the Monstrous Uncanny The Nether World of the Uncanny City of Dreadful Night PART II: WORLD WAR S(UB)LIME Earth and Water in the Slime of World War I Trench Warfare Fire and Air in the Sublime Bombing of Cities in World War II Aerial Warfare PART III: PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBLIME AND UNCANNY Wilderness to Wasteland: The Sublime, the Picturesque and the Uncanny in the Photography of the American West The Role of Australian Landscape and Wilderness Photography PART IV: MINDSCA |