TY  - GEN
AU  - Corner, James
AU  - Maclean, Alex S.
TI  - Taking measures across the American landscape 
SN  - 9780300086966
U1  - 712 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New Heaven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  -  
N1  - Content
Foreword, by Michael Van Valkenburgh ix
Preface ix
Introduction xv
Part One: Essays 
1. The Measures of America, by Denis Cosgrove 3
2. Aerial Representation and the Making of Landscape 15
3. The American Landscape at Work 21
4. Taking Measure: Irony and Contradiction in an Age of Precision 25
Part Two: Measures
5. Measures of Land  41
6. Measures of Control  69
7. Measures of Rule  97
8. Measures of Fit 121
9. Measures of Faith 149
Notes 175
List of Contributors 181
Index 183
Credits 185
ER  -