Discovering the Vernacular Landscape

Paperback, Very Good. A pioneer in landscape studies takes us on a tour of landscapes past and present to show how our surroundings reflect our culture. No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape . It is a book to be deeply cherished and to be read and pondered many times. Wilbur Zelinsky, Landscape While it is fashionable to speak of man as alienated from his environment, Mr. Jackson shows us all the ties that bind us to it, consciously or unconsciously. He teaches us to speak intelligently rather than polemically or wistfullyof the sense of place. Anatole Broyard, New York Times