This ecstatic nation
Subtitle: the American landscape and the aesthetics of patriotism
By: Terre Ryan
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781558498730; 9781558498723
Subjects: In art; Nuclear weapons; Nature; Land use; Testing; Clearcutting; Effect of human beings on; Landscapes in art; Environmental conditions; Ranching; Landscapes; Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pass the bottle : scenic America; title: In the name of the bomb : the wasteland's atomic bloom; title: Timber culture : scenic Oregon and the aesthetics of clearcuts; title: Open (for business) range : Wyoming's pay dirt and the virtual sublime.