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The Making of a Prized California Landscape
出版Univ of California Press, 2017-11-21
主題Business & Economics / Development / Economic DevelopmentBusiness & Economics / Development / Sustainable DevelopmentHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)Nature / GeneralNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionTravel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
ISBN05202944169780520294417
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CMEzDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid-twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeveloped pastoral landscape until 1937, Big Sur quickly became a cultural symbol of California and the West, as well as a home to the ultrawealthy. This transformation was due in part to writers and artists such as Robinson Jeffers and Ansel Adams, who created an enduring mystique for this coastline. But Big Sur’s prized coastline is also the product of the pioneering efforts of residents and Monterey County officials who forged a collaborative public/private preservation model for Big Sur that foreshadowed the shape of California coastal preservation in the twenty-first century. Big Sur’s well-preserved vistas and high-end real estate situate this coastline between American ideals of development and the wild. It is a space that challenges the way most Americans think of nature, of people’s relationship to nature, and of what in fact makes a place “wild.” This book highlights today’s intricate and ambiguous intersections of class, the environment, and economic development through the lens of an iconic California landscape.