A Greene Country Towne : : Philadelphia's Ecology in the Cultural Imagination /

A Greene Country Towne : : Philadelphia's Ecology in the Cultural Imagination / / ed. by Alan C. Braddock, Laura Turner Igoe.

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An unconventional history of Philadelphia that operates at the threshold of cultural and environmental studies, A Greene Country Towne expands the meaning of community beyond people to encompass nonhuman beings, things, and forces.By examining a diverse range of cultural acts and material objects cr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Braddock, Alan C.,
Farland, Maria,
Gabriel, Nate,
Hansen, Andrea L. M.,
Hicks, Scott,
Igoe, Laura Turner,
Mackintosh, Michael Dean,
Menzer, Amy E.,
Nepa, Stephen,
Ott, John,
Prince, Sue Ann,
Unger, Mary I.,
HerausgeberIn:
Braddock, Alan C.,
Igoe, Laura Turner,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 45 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Ink and Paper, Clamshells and Leather
  • 2 "Processes of Nature and Art"
  • 3 Mapping The Quaker City's Queer Ecology
  • 4 Visualizing Urban Nature in Fairmount Park
  • 5 Netted Together
  • 6 Expansive Exhibitions
  • 7 "Our Yard Looks Something like a Zoological Garden"
  • 8 "A Thorough Study of Causes"
  • 9 Exhibiting Philadelphia's Vital Center
  • 10 "Entertainment for All of the Senses"
  • 11 "The water flows beneath it still . . ."
  • 12 Remapping Philadelphia's Postindustrial Terrain
  • Contributors
  • Index

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