To see like a historian, writes John Lewis Gaddis, is to be suspended between a sense of significance and insignificance, detachment and engagement, mastery and humility. His new book, The Landscape ...

Examine the relationship of people to natural and built environments by studying landscapes, from parks and palaces to sidewalks and backyards. The Landscape Studies Program at Smith, the first in a ...

1. The landscape of history -- 2. Time and space -- 3. Structure and process -- 4. The interdependency of variables -- 5. Chaos and complexity -- 6. Causation, contingency, and counterfactuals -- 7.

This summer, millions of Americans will flock to the beach, taking advantage of long days, warm weather and the end of classes. From Coney Island and Venice Beach to the shores of Lake Michigan and ...