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Preface
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David Lowenthal
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- ILLUSTRATIONS vii
- Foreword: Look Back to Look Forward ix
- Preface xv
- 1. Woodstock and the First Watershed 1
- 2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements 31
- 3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths 48
- 4. Congress and the Smithsonian 68
- 5. American History from the Ground Up 89
- 6. Constantinople and the Desert 109
- 7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts 135
- 8. Debts and Dromedaries 154
- 9. Vermont Public Servant 181
- 10. The English Language 197
- 11. Risorgimento and Civil War 220
- 12. Turin and the Alps 242
- 13. Man and Nature: The Making 267
- 14. Man and Nature: The Meaning 290
- 15. Florence and Unfinished Italy 313
- 16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa 336
- 17. Retrospect: Forming a Life 370
- 18. Prospect: Reforming Nature 404
- Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography 433
- NOTES 435
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 545
- INDEX 575
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- ILLUSTRATIONS vii
- Foreword: Look Back to Look Forward ix
- Preface xv
- 1. Woodstock and the First Watershed 1
- 2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements 31
- 3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths 48
- 4. Congress and the Smithsonian 68
- 5. American History from the Ground Up 89
- 6. Constantinople and the Desert 109
- 7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts 135
- 8. Debts and Dromedaries 154
- 9. Vermont Public Servant 181
- 10. The English Language 197
- 11. Risorgimento and Civil War 220
- 12. Turin and the Alps 242
- 13. Man and Nature: The Making 267
- 14. Man and Nature: The Meaning 290
- 15. Florence and Unfinished Italy 313
- 16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa 336
- 17. Retrospect: Forming a Life 370
- 18. Prospect: Reforming Nature 404
- Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography 433
- NOTES 435
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 545
- INDEX 575