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Public Nature: Scenery, History, and Park Design
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Description for Public Nature: Scenery, History, and Park Design
Hardcover. Editor(s): Carr, Ethan; Eyring, Shaun; Wilson, Richard Guy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
This diverse new collection of essays, written by scholars, practitioners, and public-land managers, considers the history of public park design, as well as the parks themselves as repositories of cultural values. The contributors discuss European influences on early American parks, the peculiar nature of U.S. regional parks, the effect of the automobile on the outdoor recreational experience, and--in an international context--parks and national identity.
Contributors: Tal Alon-Mozes, Israel Institute of Technology * Catherin Bull, University of Melbourne * Theodore Catton, University of Montana * Esther da Costa Meyer, Princeton University * Timothy Davis, U.S. National Park Service * Elizabeth ... Read more
This diverse new collection of essays, written by scholars, practitioners, and public-land managers, considers the history of public park design, as well as the parks themselves as repositories of cultural values. The contributors discuss European influences on early American parks, the peculiar nature of U.S. regional parks, the effect of the automobile on the outdoor recreational experience, and--in an international context--parks and national identity.
Contributors: Tal Alon-Mozes, Israel Institute of Technology * Catherin Bull, University of Melbourne * Theodore Catton, University of Montana * Esther da Costa Meyer, Princeton University * Timothy Davis, U.S. National Park Service * Elizabeth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813933436
SKU
V9780813933436
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About
Ethan Carr, Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA is the author of Wilderness by Design. Shaun Eyring is Chief of the Division of Resource Planning and Compliance of the Northeast Region for the National Park Service, USA. Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia, USA is coeditor, with Shaun ... Read more
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