Landscape and Memory"Opening a radically new and original path into history, Simon Schama explores the scenery of our Western culture, both real landscapes and landscapes of the mind that have given us our sense of homeland, the dark woods of our imagined origins. What unfolds is a series of compelling journeys through space and time: from the ancient woodland of Poland, a symbol over the centuries of national endurance, through the forest birthplace of the German psyche, to the Big Trees of Yosemite that gave a new nation its holy past. Through all of history, from pre-classical antiquity to the Third Reich and beyond, Schama uncovers the myths and memories that have stamped themselves on our most basic social instincts and institutions: territorial identity, the wild and domestic, mortality and immortality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Pagina 149
As royal greenwood it was governed sternly but impartially for the hunt. (The most
comprehensive manual of hunting would be written by the duke of York as late as
the fifteenth century.) But the legal forest was also a place of profit for noble ...
As royal greenwood it was governed sternly but impartially for the hunt. (The most
comprehensive manual of hunting would be written by the duke of York as late as
the fifteenth century.) But the legal forest was also a place of profit for noble ...
Pagina 156
It was an argument bizarre enough to appeal to James, who allowed the royal
imprimatur to cover Standish's second publication, New Directions for the
Planting of Wood, in which a "General Plantation" was urged to forestall the evil
day when ...
It was an argument bizarre enough to appeal to James, who allowed the royal
imprimatur to cover Standish's second publication, New Directions for the
Planting of Wood, in which a "General Plantation" was urged to forestall the evil
day when ...
Pagina 175
At its head would be the officers of the royal forestry corps, the mattrise, dressed
in blue velvet surtout coats with gold vests and frogging, cocked hats on their
carefully bewigged heads. Behind them would follow the forest guards whose
first ...
At its head would be the officers of the royal forestry corps, the mattrise, dressed
in blue velvet surtout coats with gold vests and frogging, cocked hats on their
carefully bewigged heads. Behind them would follow the forest guards whose
first ...
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LANDSCAPE AND MEMORY
Gebruikersrecensie - KirkusWith this fascinating, encyclopedic survey of cultural landscapes, Schama (Dead Certainties, 1991, etc.) demonstrates once again just why he holds a charmed place in the literature of historical ... Volledige review lezen
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Introduction | 3 |
Prologue The Detour | 23 |
chapter one In the Realm of the Lithuanian Bison | 37 |
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