Film, Video Consuming Landscapes: Parkways in Germany and the United States, 1920-1970
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Title
- Consuming Landscapes: Parkways in Germany and the United States, 1920-1970
Summary
- One of the earliest environmental repercussions of the 20th century's car culture were new roads celebrating landscape. In a seemingly paradoxical fashion, a new technology was used to embellish nature. This talk explores the way roads have been redesigned for the automobile as parkways since the 1920s in the United States and Germany, what meanings they acquired and how drivers and passengers experienced them.
Names
- Library of Congress
- John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-01-23.
Headings
- - Architecture, Landscape
- - Environment, Conservation
- - Technology, Industry
- - Biography, History
- - Science, Technology
Notes
- - Classification: General Works.
- - Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
- - Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
- - Classification: History: America.
- - Classification: Technology.
- - Tom Zeller.
- - Recorded on 2008-01-23.
- - Kids, Families.
Medium
- 1 online resource
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021687921
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- video
- image
- online text