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

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Synopsis
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 created in Philadelphia—from Native American artifacts, early stoves, and literary works to public parks, photographs, and paintings—through the lens of new materialism, the essays in A Greene Country Towne ask us to consider an urban environmental history in which humans are not the only protagonists. This collection reimagines the city as a system of constantly evolving constituents and agencies that have interacted over time, a system powerfully captured by Philadelphia artists, writers, architects, and planners since the seventeenth century. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Maria Farland, Nate Gabriel, Andrea L. M. Hansen, Scott Hicks, Michael Dean Mackintosh, Amy E. Menzer, Stephen Nepa, John Ott, Sue Ann Prince, and Mary I. Unger.
Copyright:
2016

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780271078922
Publisher:
Penn State University Press
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Copyrighted By:
The Pennsylvania State University
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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Edited by:
Alan C. Braddock
Edited by:
Laura Turner Igoe

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