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Enduring pastoral : recycling the middle landscape ideal in the Tennessee Valley
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Enduring pastoral : recycling the middle landscape ideal in the Tennessee Valley / Torben Huus Larsen.
ISBN
9789042030572 (pbk.)
9042030577 (pbk.)
Published
Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.
Physical Description
209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
Has the pastoral vision, so central to American history and culture, survived the twentieth century? Enduring Pastoral traces and analyzes the development of the middle landscape by examining the historical construction of a variety of private and.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2014
Series
Architecture, technology, culture, 4
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index.
Contents
1. The Museum of Appalachia and the pastoral simulacrum
2. Estates, trails, and national parks: early rxamples of the pastoralized space
3. A "machine-driven Arcadia": The TVA and the transformation of the Tennessee valley: 1933 to 1942
4. A breakdown of ideologies: The Tellico dam and the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway
5. "You don't get that authenticity at Disney!": Dollywood, Jack Daniel's, and the emergence of the hyper-pastoral
6. Beyond the hyper-pastoral: A Conclusion.
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