Landprints: Reflections on Place and Landscape by George Seddon (English) Paperb

Description: Landprints by George Seddon, Gustav Nossal This collection of essays encompasses 25 years of scholarship. Seddon looks at the ways in which landscape is constructed, managed and designed. He highlights the tension inherent in applying largely European values to the Australian land. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is an extraordinary collection of essays about landscape. With a lively and engaging style, George Seddon considers everything from creating a garden in Fremantle, to locating ancient plants while wandering in a Far North Queensland rainforest to analysing the geological features on either side of the tram tracks in Collingwood. Yet while the book celebrates Australia, and covers many topics that seem familiar and everyday, it is challenging and provocative. Seddon is acutely aware of the moral and environmental aspects of history and is able to present local and regional history on a grand scale. Landprints reflects a lifetime devoted to questions about landscape: the ways we use and abuse the land, how Australian landscapes are different from European landscapes and how this land makes those who live on it uniquely, if ambiguously, Australian. Flap "This book is special in that it covers certain topics from several viewpoints. Many are presented, compared, discussed, and described in terms of their similarities and differences. I think this is beautifully done! The writing is clear, precise, and concise, and the well-done citations to other parts of the text lead the reader along logical paths to a significant conclusion."-- Harold Metcalf, State University of New York, Stony Brook "This book gives a very detailed and comprehensive treatment of theoretical quantum optics. It provides a consistent and thorough look at the whole field and will be a valuable reference."-- Richard Thompson, Imperial College, London Author Biography George Seddon AM is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Melbourne and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Western Australia. He has held chairs in four disciplines and taught in universities across Europe and North America. His recent books include Landprints: Reflections on Place and Landscape (Cambridge University Press, 1996). Table of Contents Prelude; Fugue for six voices; Part I. Talking: The Language of Landscape: 1. The nature of nature; 2. Words and weeds; 3. Journeys through a landscape; 4. On the road to Botany Bay; 5. A Snowy River reader; Part II. Perceiving: The Eyes and the Mind: 6. The evolution of perceptual attitudes; 7. Eurocentrism and Australian science, some examples; 8. Figures in the landscape; 9. Dreaming up a rainforest; 10. Home thoughts from abroad; Part III. Locating: The Sense of Place: 11. Sense of place; 12. The genius loci and the Australian landscape; 13. Cuddlepie and other surrogates; 14. Jet-set and parish pump; 15. Placing the debate; Part IV. Making: Creating Gardens and the Evolution of Styles: 16. The suburban garden in Australia; 17. The Australian backyard; 18. Gardening across Australia; 19. The garden as paradise; Part V. Analysing: Ideologies and Attitudes: 20. The rhetoric and ethics of the environmental protest movement; 21. The perfectibility of Nature; Part VI. Sharing and Caring: Ecological Frameworks: 22. Biological pollution; 23. The lie of the land; 24. Eating the future; 25. Felling the Groves of Life; Coda: learning to be at home: and then came Venice. Review ... replete with original insights, wisdom, charm, humour and a delight to read ... It should be read by all students at the start of their geographic education, and kept thereafter as a desk book to be picked up and browsed when they tire of study and wish to learn instead. Australian Geographical Studies Landprints is a delightful book ... it deserves as wide an audience as possible. Intercultural Studies Promotional From one of Australias foremost thinkers, a uniquely broad-ranging 1997 collection of essays on landscape. Review Quote "The essays are a stimulus of ideas." Springer International Promotional "Headline" From one of Australias foremost thinkers, a uniquely broad-ranging 1997 collection of essays on landscape. Description for Bookstore From one of Australias foremost thinkers, this 1997 collection of essays encompasses 25 years of scholarship. George Seddon brings his uniquely broad perspective to the ways in which landscape is constructed, managed and designed. He highlights the tension inherent in applying largely European values to the Australian land. Description for Library From one of Australias foremost thinkers, this 1997 collection of essays encompasses 25 years of scholarship. George Seddon brings his uniquely broad perspective to the ways in which landscape is constructed, managed and designed. He highlights the tension inherent in applying largely European values to the Australian land. Details ISBN052165999X Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1998 ISBN-10 052165999X ISBN-13 9780521659994 Format Paperback Publication Date 1998-09-28 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Reflections on Place and Landscape Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 910.02 Author Gustav Nossal Pages 290 Language English Media Book Residence AT Birth 1927 Affiliation University of Western Australia, Perth Short Title LANDPRINTS REV/E Edition Description Revised UK Release Date 1998-09-28 AU Release Date 1998-09-28 NZ Release Date 1998-09-28 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91371911;

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