Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb

James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb--Bedford in Westchester County, NY--they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion. Genuinely innovative,Landscapes of Privilegeis one of the first books to apply critical landscape theory to the social production of American elites.

James S. Duncan is Fellow of Emmanuel College and University Lecturer in Geography at Cambridge University Nancy G. Duncan is Affiliated Lecturer of Geography at Cambridge University