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Greening the City: Urban Landscapes in the Twentieth Century
Dorothee Brantz
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Description for Greening the City: Urban Landscapes in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brantz, Dorothee; Dumpelmann, Sonja. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 515.
The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment. Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spaces represent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-made with the natural. A city’s history with―and approach to―its parks and gardens reveals much about its workings and the forces acting upon it. Our green spaces offer a unique and valuable window on the history of city life.
The essays in Greening the City span over a century of urban history, moving from ... Read more
The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment. Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spaces represent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-made with the natural. A city’s history with―and approach to―its parks and gardens reveals much about its workings and the forces acting upon it. Our green spaces offer a unique and valuable window on the history of city life.
The essays in Greening the City span over a century of urban history, moving from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813931142
SKU
V9780813931142
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About Dorothee Brantz
Dorothee Brantz is Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies at Technische Universität Berlin and the editor of Beastly Natures: Animals, Humans, and the Study of History (Virginia). Sonja Dümpelmann is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the author of Flights of Imagination: Aviation, Landscape, Design (Virginia).
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