{"product_id":"so-glorious-a-landscape","title":"So Glorious a Landscape","description":"\u003ci\u003eSo Glorious a Landscape: Nature and the Environment in American History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the vast and interdisciplinary subject of American natural and environmental studies. It examines the literary landscape that has inspired a local, regional, and national sense of place; explores the dynamic meaning and significance of nature across time, place, culture, and gender; and looks at the essence and history of environmental change.\u003cp\u003e The first all-encompassing introductory survey of environ-mental history and cultural studies, this volume provides students and scholars with carefully chosen selections from major essayists, naturalists, preachers, geographers,novelists, scientists, and historians whose works have shaped the fields of literary ecology and environmental history. The essays trace the changing American landscape and ideas about nature from the seventeenth century to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e By analyzing a range of material, \u003ci\u003eSo Glorious a Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh perspective on what nature is in American life, what forces have shaped its profound place and changing definition, and what the work of environmental historians tells about the relationship of nature, culture, and power in America. \u003ci\u003eSo Glorious a Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent resource for courses in American studies, environmental history, and American culture.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52653465338223,"sku":"9780842026963","price":399.42,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0842026967.jpg?v=1770728345","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/so-glorious-a-landscape","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}