Anti-Landscape

David E. Nye is Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. His books include American Technological Sublime, Narratives and Spaces, America as Second Creation, Technology Matters, and America’s Assembly Line. He received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005 for his life’s work.Sarah Elkind is an environmental historian at San Diego State University. Her most recent work is How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy. She held the 2010-2011 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction“The Anti-Landscape”, David E. NyeI. The Threatened Landscape“Skyscapes and Anti-Skyscapes: Making the Invisible Visible”, James Rodger Fleming“Step after Step the Ladder is Ascended. Human Agency in Irrigated (anti) Landscapes”, Maurits W. Ertsen“Landscape, Anti-landscape and the Western Political Imagination: J. B. Jackson’s Challenge to Environmentalism”, Mark LuccarelliII. Anti-Landscapes“Modernism and the Creation of Anti-Landscapes: The Valley of Ashes in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Los Angeles in Chandler’s The Big Sleep”, Anna Flügge“A Landscape of Fear: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road”, Øyunn Hestetun“Anesthetic Landscapes: Reflections on the Photography of John Ganis”, Hannes Bergthaller“Fear and Fascination: Anti-Landscapes between Material Resistance and Material Transcendence”, Werner Bigell“Lost Landscapes: Degraded Landscape as Anti-Landscape”, Maunu HäyrynenIII. Recoveries“Landscapes of Waste: Malmberget and Ignalina as Cultural Tools in Heritage Processes”, Anna Storm“Reinventing New York’s High Line”, Nikolet JensenAfterword“View from the Dump: Stige Ø and the Question of Anti-Landscapes”, Sarah S. ElkindContributorsIndex