Howard Mansfield

The Bones of the Earth

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The Bones of The Earth is a book about landmarks, but of the oldest kind—sticks and stones. For millennia this is all there was: sticks and stones, dirt and trees, animals and people, the sky by day and night. The Lord spoke through burning bushes, through lightning and oaks. Trees and rocks and water were holy. They are commodities today and that is part of our disquiet.Howard Mansfield explores the loss of cultural memory, asking: What is the past? How do we construct that past? Is it possible to preserve the past as a vital force for the future? He writes eloquently on the land and time, on how to be a tourist of the near-at-hand, and on t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-59376-139-4
EAN: 9781593761394
Produktnummer: 2502663
Verlag: Counterpoint Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.3 cm 227 g
Gewicht: 227

Über den Autor

Howard Mansfield sifts through the commonplace and the forgotten to discover stories that tell us about ourselves and our place in the world. He writes about history, architecture, and preservation.