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Landscapes of Privilege Landscapes of Privilege The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb James S.Duncan and Nancy G.Duncan University of Cambridge ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK AND LONDON This book was developed for Routledge by the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia ( www.americanplaces.org ). Published in 2004 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 www.routledge-ny.com Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE www.routledge.co.uk Copyright © 2004 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousand of eBook please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Photos courtesy of Jo Sharp. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be printed or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Duncan, James S. Landscapes of privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb/ James S.Duncan and Nancy G.Duncan. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-94687-5 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-415-94688-3 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Landscape architecture—New York (State)—Bedford (Westchester County) 2. Landscape assessment—New York (State)—Bedford (Westchester County) 3. Landscape protection—New York (State)—Bedford (Westchester County) 4. City Planning—New York (State)—Bedford (Westchester County) I.Duncan, Nancy, 1948– II. Title SB470.54.N6D86 2003 712′.6′09747277–dc21 2003009898 ISBN 0-203-49645-0 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-57871-6 (Adobe e-Reader Format) ISBN 0-415-96701-5 (Print Edition) For John Friend, Teacher, Colleague Contents List of Figures x List of Tables xii Acknowledgments xiv Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Bedford in Context 14 Chapter 3. The Narrative Structures: The Cultural Codes of a Landscape Aesthetic 42 Chapter 4. Anxious Pleasures: Place-Based Identity and the Look of the Land 68 Chapter 5. Legislating Beauty: The Politics of Exclusion 100 Chapter 6. The Taxman Cometh: The Gift of Nature in Suburbia 149 Chapter 7. Fabricating History: The Production of Heritage in Bedford Village 172 Chapter 8. Another Country: Latino Labor and the Politics of Disappearance 203 Chapter 9. Epilogue 251 Notes 259 Bibliography 283 Index 310
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