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The austere landscape of the Great Basin has inspired diverse responses from the people who have moved through or settled in it. Author Richard V. Francaviglia
Truth-Spots
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Authors: Thomas F. Gieryn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-22 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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We may not realize it, but truth and place are inextricably linked. For ancient Greeks, temples and statues clustered on the side of Mount Parnassus affirmed th
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Authors: J. Mark Souther
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Detractors have called it "The Mistake on the Lake." It was once America’s "Comeback City." According to author J. Mark Souther, Cleveland has long sought to
The Home Place
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Authors: J. Drew Lanham
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“A groundbreaking work about race and the American landscape, and a deep meditation on nature…wise and beautiful.”—Helen Macdonald, author of H is for H
A Place to Believe in
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Authors: Clare A. Lees
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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Medievalists have much to gain from a thoroughgoing contemplation of place. If landscapes are windows onto human activity, they connect us with medieval people,