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Author:

Ryan, Terre, 1959-

Title:

This ecstatic nation : the American landscape and the aesthetics of patriotism / Terre Ryan.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xv, 171 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.
Landscapes--Symbolic aspects--West (U.S.)
Landscapes--Social aspects--West (U.S.)
Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.)
Land use--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.)
Landscapes in art.
West (U.S.)--In art.
Nuclear weapons--Environmental aspects--Environmental aspects--Nevada Test Site.--Nevada Test Site.
Clearcutting--Environmental aspects--Oregon.
Ranching--Environmental aspects--Wyoming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-165) and index.

Contents:

Pass the bottle : scenic America -- In the name of the bomb : the wasteland's atomic bloom -- Timber culture : scenic Oregon and the aesthetics of clearcuts -- Open (for business) range : Wyoming's pay dirt and the virtual sublime.

ISBN:

1558498729 (library cloth : alk. paper)
9781558498723 (library cloth : alk. paper)
1558498737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781558498730 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)696916054

LCCN:

2011021557

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)