Landscapes of privilege the politics of the aesthetic in an American suburb

James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb-Bedford in Westchester County, NY-they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of ma...

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Main Authors Duncan, James S, Duncan, Nancy
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 2004
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
City planning
City planning - New York (State) - Bedford (Westchester County)
Landscape architecture
Landscape assessment
Landscape protection
Sociology & Social Policy
Urban Studies
Bedford (Westchester County)
New York (State)
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bedford in Context -- 3. The Narrative Structures: The Cultural Codes of a Landscape Aesthetic -- 4. Anxious Pleasures: Place-Based Identity and the Look of the Land -- 5. Legislating Beauty: The Politics of Exclusion -- 6. The Taxman Cometh: The Gift of Nature in Suburbia -- 7. Fabricating History: The Production of Heritage in Bedford Village -- 8. Another Country: Latino Labor and the Politics of Disappearance -- 9. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index