1st Edition
Political Economy, Race, and the Image of Nature in the United States, 1825–1878
By Evan Robert Neely
Copyright 2024
238 Pages
15 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
15 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
15 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Political Economy, Race, and the Image of Nature in the United States, 1825–1878 is an interdisciplinary work analyzing the historical origins of a dominant concept of Nature in the culture of the United States during the period of its expansion across the continent.
Chapters analyze the ways in which “Nature” became a discursive site where theories of race and belonging, adaptation and... Read more
1. William Cullen Bryant and the Semiology of Landscape Representation 2. Cartography, Composition, and the Place of the Painter 3. Exploration, Environment, and Economy 4. Racial Geography: North of Robert Duncanson’s Canvas 5. The Picturesque Garden and the Unhandselled Globe: Walden and the Economy of Nature
Biography
Evan Robert Neely is Assistant Chair and Adjunct Professor in the History of Art and Design Department at Pratt Institute.
