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100 _aCorner, James
245 _aTaking measures across the American landscape
260 _bYale University Press
_aNew Heaven
_c1996
300 _axix,185p.
505 _aContent 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
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700 _aMaclean, Alex S.
890 _aUSA
891 _aFA
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