Arcadian America : the death and life of an environmental tradition

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"Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible t...

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Main Author: Sachs, Aaron (Aaron Jacob) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2013
Series:New directions in narrative history.
Subjects:
Cemeteries > United States > History > 19th century.
Cemeteries > Social aspects > United States.
Cemeteries > Environmental aspects > United States.
Human ecology > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Arcadia in literature.
Arcadia in art.
Environmentalism > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental responsibility > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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