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“It analyses how ‘wild’ landscapes came to be prized by a colonial society seeking its own monuments in the absence of Roman ruins or established art museums. European settler society either defined itself against Native American culture or simply ignored it, and the westward-sweeping frontier became an important element in the story colonial America told itself about itself—as did the frighteningly alien landscapes the colonists encountered, explored and mapped over the decades.” Read more...
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