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America by design [videorecording] : the shape of the land / a co-production of Guggenheim Productions, Inc. and WTTW/Chicago ; produced and directed by Werner Schumann ; written by Spiro Kostof, Werner Schumann.

Contributor(s): Kostof, Spiro, 1936- | Guggenheim Productions, inc | WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) | PBS Video.
Publisher: Alexandria, Va : PBS Video, c1987Description: 1 computer laser optical disc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Shape of the land.Uniform titles: America by Design (Television program) Subject(s): Land use -- United States | Architecture -- United StatesDDC classification: 720.973
Production Credits: Editor , Robert Pierce ; music , Michael Rendish , Jim Barto , Rick Kuethe , Glenn Lacey.
Host Spiro Kostof.Summary: Illustrates how farming, strip mining, bridges, irrigation projects, and our settlement patterns have left their imprints on the shape of the American landmass. Architecture historian Spiro Kostof contrasts Indian and European notions of land ownership and use, and examines the issues involved in the regulation of natural resources.
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Editor , Robert Pierce ; music , Michael Rendish , Jim Barto , Rick Kuethe , Glenn Lacey.

Host Spiro Kostof.

Illustrates how farming, strip mining, bridges, irrigation projects, and our settlement patterns have left their imprints on the shape of the American landmass. Architecture historian Spiro Kostof contrasts Indian and European notions of land ownership and use, and examines the issues involved in the regulation of natural resources.

DVD format.