Big Sur : the making of a prized California landscape

Author / Creator

Brooks, Shelley Alden, 1979- author

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Summary

Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid-twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeveloped pastoral landscape until 1937, Big Sur quickly became a cultural symbol...

Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid-twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeveloped pastoral landscape until 1937, Big Sur quickly became a cultural symbol of California and the West - and a home to the ultra-wealthy. This transformation was due in part to writers and artists such as Robinson Jeffers and Ansel Adams, who created an enduring mystique for this coastline. This work highlights today's complex and ambiguous intersections of class, the environment, and economic development through the lens of an iconic California landscape.

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