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Ambler, Cathy. "The Look of the Fair: Kansas County Fairscapes, 1854-1994," American Studies Program, University of Kansas, May 1996.
Fairscapes are the visual essence of community values with regard to agrarianism. Landscapes are a form of human expression on a grand scale and when visual patterns change, community values are changing. This study is based on a field survey of 113 contemporary fairsites, historical records, and photographs. Kansas fairscapes have changed over 140 years from dedicated space with specialized fair architecture to multiple-use space with metallic all-purpose buildings. The study assumes reciprocity exists between humans and landscapes and in this echoes work in environmental psychology; cultural behavior influences architecture as much as architecture influences human behavior.
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