Thirtyfour Campgrounds
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2016
Summary
A photographic survey of nearly 6,500 American campsites that maps subtle differences within the seemingly identical.Camping can make us feel a powerful connection to nature and our rugged backwoods forebears. Campers once confronted the elemental facts of life, but now, the millions of Americans taking to the road on camping trips are more likely to drive to a campground, hook up service conduits, connect to WiFi, drop their awnings, and set out patio chairs. It is as if, Martin Hogue observ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262035002 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262035006 |
| Author: | Martin Hogue |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.72kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 279mm |
| Series: | Thirtyfour Campgrounds |
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A landscape architect meticulously depicts the intersection of Americans’ desire to commune with nature with their devotion to their stuff—and hence the rituals of parking trailers, service hook-ups (today including WiFi), setting out lawn chairs, and more. Forget about traveling light.
* Harvard Magazine *The images in Thirtyfour Campgrounds, supported by Hogue’s timeline of diagrams, show how we’ve slowly brought that life along with us. Clean restrooms, orderly tables, and, yes, wi-fi, are all available, and Thirtyfour Campgrounds explores how our desire for these amenities in the great outdoors has created a distinct form of landscape to be consumed.
* Hyperallergic *In this photographic and typological survey of American campsites, Hogue masterfully dissects the paradox of the contemporary campground, a plot not found on the trail but reserved online, and increasingly offering comforts and amenities that undermine any concept of the rustic.
* Publishers Weekly *About The Author
Martin Hogue
Martin Hogue teaches landscape architecture in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York, Syracuse.
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