{"product_id":"flight-maps-adventures-with-nature-in-modern-america-paperback-1","title":"Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn five sharply drawn chapters, \u003ci\u003eFlight Maps\u003c\/i\u003e charts the ways in which Americans have historically made connections -- and missed connections -- with nature. Beginning with an extraordinary chapter on the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and the accompanying belligerent early view of nature's inexhaustibility, Price then moves on to discuss the Audubon Society's founding campaign in the 1890s against the extravagant use of stuffed birds to decorate women's hats. At the heart of the book is an improbable and extremely witty history of the plastic pink flamingo, perhaps the totem of Artifice and Kitsch -- nevertheless a potent symbol through which to plumb our troublesome yet powerful visions of nature. From here the story of the affluent Baby-Boomers begins. Through an examination of the phenomenal success of The Nature Company, TV series such as \u003ci\u003eNorthern Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e and the sport-utility vehicle craze, the author ruminates on our very American, very urbanized and suburbanized needs, discontents, and desires for meaningful, yet artificially constructed connections to nature. Witty, at times even whimsical, \u003ci\u003eFlight Maps\u003c\/i\u003e is also a sophisticated and meditative archaeology of Americans' very real and uneasy desire to make nature meaningful in their lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Price\u003c\/b\u003e attended Princeton University and received her Ph.D. in History from Yale. Her essays have appeared in the collections \u003ci\u003eUncommon Ground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708771692851,"sku":"9780465024865","price":46.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c0RmLzNITDRHY2VnS1R6VWdnUmVOdz09_2f74a70f-5e2a-4c82-a6e3-2055fafa507b.webp?v=1763442762","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/flight-maps-adventures-with-nature-in-modern-america-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}