Last updated: 10/21/02
  Fall 2001   Reading List Geography 321 American Landscapes Dr. Steve Graves
  Subject to Change!  
S Day Date Author Title Source
1 Fri. 6-Sep Introductions, Explanations and Course Expectations  
2 Mon. 9-Sep Lewis, Peirce F.  Axioms for Reading the Landscape The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes
Groth, Paul Frameworks for Cultural Landscape Study Understanding Ordinary Landscapes
3 Wed. 11-Sep Meinig, D.W.  The Beholding Eye: Ten Versions of the Same Scene The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes
4 Fri. 13-Sep Mitchell, Don Metaphors to Live By: Landscapes as Systems of Social Reproduction (Chapter 5) Cultural Geography
5 Mon. 16-Sep Conzen, Michael Ethnicity on the Land The Making of the American Landscape
6 Wed. 18-Sep Butzer, Karl W.  The Indian Legacy in the American Landscape The Making of the American Landscape
7 Fri. 20-Sep Swentzell, Rina Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School Understanding Ordinary Landscapes
8 Mon. 23-Sep Harris, Cole.  French Landscapes in North America The Making of the American Landscape
9 Wed. 25-Sep Hornbeck, David Spanish Legacy in the Borderlands The Making of the American Landscape
10 Fri. 27-Sep   No Class: Dr. Graves to Faculty Development Meeting  
11 Mon. 30-Sep Gerlach, Russel L. A Contrast of Old World Ideology: Germans and Scotch-Irish in the Ozarks Ideology and Landscape in Historical Perspective
12 Wed. 2-Oct Lai, David C. The Visual Character of Chinatown Understanding Ordinary Landscapes
13 Fri. 4-Oct Gareau, Joel. The Nine Nations The Nine Nations
13 Fri. 4-Oct   Writing Assignment 1: Due/ VFT Due  
14 Mon. 7-Oct Lewis, Peirce F.  Common Houses, Cultural Spoor Landscape.  V19 p1-22
15 Wed. 9-Oct Meinig, D.W.  Symbolic Landscapes: Models of American Community The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes
16 Fri. 11-Oct Schuyler, David. The Sanctified Landscape: The Hudson River Valley, 1820-1850 Landscape in America
17 Mon. 14-Oct   Exam I: Dr. Graves in Los Angeles  
16 Wed. 16-Oct Hillard, Sam B.  Plantations and the Molding of the Southern Landscape The Making of the American Landscape
18 Wed. 16-Oct Brodeur, David Evolution of the New England Town Common 1630-1966 The Cultural Landscape
19 Fri. 18-Oct Jackson, J.B.  Future of the Vernacular ?
20 Fri. 18-Oct   Video: Figure in a Landscape/  
21 Mon. 21-Oct Jackson, J.B.  The Order of a Landscape The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes
22 Wed. 23-Oct Vance, James E. Democratic Utopia and the American Landscape The Making of the American Landscape
23 Fri. 25-Oct Borchert, James Visual Landscapes of a Streetcar Suburb Understanding Ordinary Landscapes
    Last Day to Drop with "W"  
24 Mon. 28-Oct Wyckoff, William K.  Landscapes of Private Power and Wealth The Making of the American Landscape
25 Wed. 30-Oct Drucker, Johanna Language in the Landscape Landscape
25 Wed. 30-Oct   Writing Assignment 2: Due  
26 Fri. 1-Nov McGreevy, Patrick Reading the Text of Niagra Falls: The Metaphor of Death. Writing Worlds: Discourse, Text and Metaphor in the Representation of Landscape. 
27 Mon. 4-Nov Hayden, Delores Urban Landscape History Understanding Ordinary Landscapes
28 Wed. 6-Nov Jackson, J.B.  Video: Figure in a Landscape/  
28 Fri. 8-Nov Jackson, J.B.  TBA: Dr. Graves to Faculty Development Program: Work on Paper  
29 Mon. 11-Nov Jackson, J.B.  A New Kind of Space The Cultural Landscape
    Writing Assignment 3: Due  
30 Wed. 13-Nov Jackson, J.B.  The House in the Vernacular Landscape The Making of the American Landscape
31 Wed. 15-Nov Jackson, J.B.  The Moveable Dwelling Discovering the Vernacular Landscape
32 Fri. 17-Nov Jackson, J.B.  The Domestication of The Garage & The Necessity for Ruins The Necessity for Ruins and Other Topics
33 Mon. 20-Nov   Exam II