In the book, “The Making of the American Landscape” Conzen is the editor of this books which offers a deep and meaningful look into the landscapes in America. In this book we obtain a huge enlightenment about the geography and the historical memories that surround the landscaping in the United States. We are able to learn about the colonization era, that took place in the twentieth century.
In each chapter, we are able to gain education from the pages that are offered in “The Making of and American Landscape” as we go through each chapter that sets its focus on a specific landscaped area, in the United States, and we are able to learn from a specialist who knows so many details about the landscape of that particular region, and we are taught about the unique geography that surrounds that specific land as we are seriously enlightened about the land and its past history in America.In the first sentence of the book, we read, “North America is a large continent, spanning fully 115 degrees of longitude and about 75 degrees of latitude.
” It is evident that the writer has taken great length in educating himself on the topic of geography in America, as he gives us the land degrees that he discusses.In this book we are given a complete demonstration of the chronologically organized cultural landscape or geography of the land in America as we learn about its amazing cultural history from the pre-colonization period of time in history that takes us through the educational background and information, into the twentieth century, concerning American geography.
Michael Conzen is extremely professional as he takes us through each chapter, offering valuable information about the natural resources and shape of the landscapes that we often visit throughout our country.It is amazing how the chapters increase your excitement about visiting certain landscapes in America.
As you learn about the lands history and how it was formed, we anxiously form and opinion and image of the geographical area and traveling through the country becomes an important desire because after learning about certain geographical regions, it becomes an anticipation to visit these amazing areas, in the United States. The landscapes have wonderful appeal as we learn about the formation of the mountains and the deserts that were so marvelously and splendidly created.
A team of leading scholars created this book to display important historical forces that shaped the landscaping over the past 10,000 years, as they give us so much valuable information concerning the past three centuries, in history. We are given colorful illustrations in this book that allows us to view the landscapes.
We are able to learn about the landscapes through the views of several individuals who tell us about the cultural and ethnic movements. We learn about the influence of colonial powers on early settlement and the onset of regional forms of landscape and the enormous impact on the ideas about our landscapes in America. We are also given the facts about how technology has played an enormous role in the way are landscape is now developed.
The cultural evolution of our beautiful American landscapes is recorded in “The Making of the American Landscape” and as we view these recordings, we are offered so many details about how are landscapes came to be and how they evolved over so many years.
We are offered a clear description of the landscapes in America and we learn about the relationship between our societies and our natural pieces of land and how society and nature have come together to emerge wonderful geographical regions as we can observe in the miraculous patterns and arrangements, which have evolved from the impact that society has lent on the way our geography in lain out.We gain a basic knowledge about American landscapes and we learn so much about the settlement patterns in American history, as we learn about the important processes that shaped our regions.
It is incredible how each chapter in this book is so different from each previous chapter. We are taken from one geographical region to another as we continue to learn so much information about each area in America. Each land form is given its own space in this book and we can individually learn about the geographical region, one chapter at a time, and at our own pace, without being overly bombarded with several types of landscapes at one time.
The photos that we view on the pages offer an amazing view of the natural beauty that surrounds Americans and to visit each region in America would be wonderful. After reading the information in this book and viewing all the illustrations that are given for the benefit of the readers, I feel that this book is a great way to educated all Americans about the land in which they live. Our true cultural and geographical history is offered inside the covers of “The Making of the American Landscape” .
Reference
- Conzen, Michael P. (2007). “The Making of the American Landscape”. Routledge
