Landscape and memory

by Schama, Simon

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Title Statements

Full title :Landscape and memory / Simon Schama.

Summary

Opening a radically new and original path into history, Simon Schama explores the scenery of our Western culture, both real landscapes and landscapes of the mind that have given us our sense of homeland, the dark woods of our imagined origins. What unfolds is a series of compelling journeys through space and time: from the ancient woodland of Poland, a symbol over the centuries of national endurance, through the forest birthplace of the German psyche, to the Big Trees of Yosemite that gave a new nation its holy past. Through all of history, from pre-classical antiquity to the Third Reich and beyond, Schama uncovers the myths and memories that have stamped themselves on our most basic social instincts and institutions: territorial identity, the wild and domestic, mortality and immortality.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1995
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):A.A. Knopf, distributed by Random House
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1995

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 652 pages, 37 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : : illustrations (some color), maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0679402551, 9780679402558, 0006863485, 9780006863489, 9780679735120, 0679735127
oclc:ocm29596504
LC Classification:GF50
Dewey Decimal:304.2/3

Subjects

15.50 general world history; history of… Écologie humaine -- Histoire Geschichte Geschiedenis (vorm) History History (form) human ecology Human ecology -- History Kultur Kunst Landscape assessment Landscape assessment -- History Landscapes Landscapes -- History Landschaft Landschaftsbild Landschappen Literatur Mythevorming Naturbetrachtung