Wilderness by Design

Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context. Despite the difficulties now confronting the parks, their continued ability to attract millions of visitors suggests that their creators succeeded in presenting a captivating vision of a once-wild America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-08-01
Mått:222 x 286 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 134 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:378
Förlag:University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:9780803263833

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Ethan Carr is a landscape architect and is currently working for the National Park Service. He has taught landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

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"Handsomely produced . . . Carr underscores the significance and enduring power of the landscape park model."—Environmental History "This intelligently crafted book demonstrates that during the 1920s and 30s landscape architects used planning as an effective means of protecting wilderness from the effects of automobile tourism. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice "From the creation of Central Park in 1858 to the bison, wolf, and fire controversies of today, conservationists have been under constant scrutiny for the way that public lands are managed. . . . [Carr] speaks with eloquence and pride about the ongoing struggle to preserve the back countries."—Mystic Montana