Landscape and Memory

Simon Schama

How do human culture and memory shape what we call landscape and wilderness, from forests and rivers to mountains?

At a glance

You will notice that Yosemite's meadows, which looked like a pristine Eden, were in fact shaped by the people who lived there
You will learn how nations build their identity on forests and rivers, from the German woods to the Lithuanian forest
You will weigh the argument that humanity's shaping of nature is a cause for celebration, not guilt and sorrow