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Landscape as history in early American settlements
The piece traces how landscape meanings evolved from natural scenery to human altered spaces. It compares colonial New England, the Southwest, and the Southern colonies, showing land ownership, village layouts, and social roles shaping identities, with emphasis on land hunger and community over urban growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Regents of
University of California
John B. Jackson
United Press International
America
New Mexico
Arizona
Virginia
New England
Carl Sauer
England
Spain
Cup
Spanish Southwest
Southwest
New
Europe