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The Lies of the Land 2023
The Lies of the Land is a 2023 book written by American historian Steven Conn and published by the University of Chicago Press. The book tells how ideas about rural America differ from actual conditions, asserting that militarization, industrialization, corporatization, and suburbanization have influenced rural areas much like they have urban and suburban regions. Examples include military bases, flood-control projects, large-scale farming and mining efforts, and corporate and suburban growth. The author states that studying rural America separately ignores nationwide patterns impacting communities everywhere. The book was nominated for the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize in Landscape Studies.
Details
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISBN
- 9780226826905
- Pages
- 320
- Format
- Print, e-book
