Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Larsen, Torben Huus.

Title Enduring pastoral : recycling the middle landscape ideal in the Tennessee Valley / Torben Huus Larsen.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Architecture, technology, culture, 1871-0115 ; 4
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.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Tennessee River Valley.
Ecology -- Tennessee River Valley.
Ecology.
Landscapes -- Tennessee River Valley.
Landscapes.
Tourism -- Tennessee River Valley.
Tourism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Larsen, Torben Huus. Enduring pastoral. Amsterdam [etc.] : Rodopi, 2010 9789042030572
ISBN 9789042030589 (electronic book)
9042030585 (electronic book)
9789042030572
9042030577