East 40 Degrees: An Interpretive Atlas

Amazon.com Price: $55.00 (as of 19/04/2019 05:47 PST- Details)

Categories: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Description

The Appalachian mountain chain once contained the highest and most dramatic mountains on the planet. Worn down over the years, these mountains still hold probably the most most diverse climactic zones and singular geological formations in existence. In East 40 Degrees: An Interpretive Atlas, Jack Williams examines a succession of beautiful but little-known towns along this cordillera (a term descended from the Latin chorda, meaning “braided rope”), revealing in their layers of history and geography how both their diverse cultural and social circumstances and their geological history were instrumental in forming Each and every town’s distinctive character.Referring to the spatial orientation of the Appalachian mountain chain, the “east 40 degrees” of the title runs from Alabama through fifteen states to the coast of Maine. Each and every town Williams examines sits within the folds of these mountains or beside a river nourished in their moist uplands. Beginning his record with the continental collisions that shaped Each and every town’s history more than 300 million years ago, Williams allows us to “see the tenuous internet of connections between ourselves and the natural processes that shape this earth.” Featuring a wealth of beautiful and significant illustrations and maps, this unique work brings into center of attention the critical issues of environmental and cultural sustainability confronting us as of late. Elegant, poetic, and erudite, East 40 Degrees will appeal to architects and landscape architects, planners, environmental historians, ecologists, geographers, and any person interested in the history and origins of our up to date landscapes and towns.

Publication of this volume was once assisted by a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

Related products

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Americas » East 40 Degrees: An Interpretive Atlas

Recent Products