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The study of the cultural meaning of landscapes is of increasing interest in several fields. This book attempts to open up the subject to a wider audience, and is the first to deal with the basic principles of reading the landscape'.
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This was the book that made me pause, look around, and realize the prosaic and banal world around us is full of wonder and meaning. While we often think about bombastic, symbolically rich sites, for example, the Lincoln Memorial, as being “meaningful,” the ordinary spaces that we encounter in our daily lives are equally full of meaning.
The built environment around us tells a story. It tells us about our values, our way of life, the way we organize our societies, and our priorities. This is a collection of essays by some of the leading humanistic geographers of the period,…
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