Hear Aaron Sachs, associate professor of history and American studies discuss Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition.

"Sachs explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists, painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners, and holds up for comparison the twenty-first century's—and his own—tendency toward denial of both death and environmental limits." -Amazon

This talk is part of Historic Ithaca’s and the History Center’s 2015 focus on cemetery preservation, monuments and the history of local burying grounds.