Sonja Dümpleman is associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is the author of a book on the life and work of Italian landscape architect Maria Teresa Parapagliolo Shephard and of a forthcoming book on the influence of powered aviation on landscape.

An exciting and unusual approach to a perhaps undervalued aspect of history . . . [that] usefully fills a niche area of research and study. [A Cultural History of Gardens] provides an important and fascinating insight through thought-provoking essays and will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of the garden . . . [and] the development of human society in general.

• A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire, Edited by Sonja Dümpleman IntroductionDesign, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKTypes of Gardens, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKPlantings, Mark Laird, Harvard University, USAVerbal Representations, Linda Parshall, Portland State University, USA Visual Representations, Iris Lauterbach, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, GermanyUse and Reception, Daniel Nadenicek, University of Georgia, USAMeaning, Heath Schenker, University of California, Davis, USAGardens and the Larger Landscape, Gert Gröning, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahnm, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Sonja Dümpleman is associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is the author of a book on the life and work of Italian landscape architect Maria Teresa Parapagliolo Shephard and of a forthcoming book on the influence of powered aviation on landscape.

An exciting and unusual approach to a perhaps undervalued aspect of history . . . [that] usefully fills a niche area of research and study. [A Cultural History of Gardens] provides an important and fascinating insight through thought-provoking essays and will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of the garden . . . [and] the development of human society in general.

• A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire, Edited by Sonja Dümpleman IntroductionDesign, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKTypes of Gardens, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKPlantings, Mark Laird, Harvard University, USAVerbal Representations, Linda Parshall, Portland State University, USA Visual Representations, Iris Lauterbach, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, GermanyUse and Reception, Daniel Nadenicek, University of Georgia, USAMeaning, Heath Schenker, University of California, Davis, USAGardens and the Larger Landscape, Gert Gröning, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahnm, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Sonja Dümpleman is associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is the author of a book on the life and work of Italian landscape architect Maria Teresa Parapagliolo Shephard and of a forthcoming book on the influence of powered aviation on landscape.

An exciting and unusual approach to a perhaps undervalued aspect of history . . . [that] usefully fills a niche area of research and study. [A Cultural History of Gardens] provides an important and fascinating insight through thought-provoking essays and will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of the garden . . . [and] the development of human society in general.

• A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire, Edited by Sonja Dümpleman IntroductionDesign, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKTypes of Gardens, Brent Elliott, Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, UKPlantings, Mark Laird, Harvard University, USAVerbal Representations, Linda Parshall, Portland State University, USA Visual Representations, Iris Lauterbach, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, GermanyUse and Reception, Daniel Nadenicek, University of Georgia, USAMeaning, Heath Schenker, University of California, Davis, USAGardens and the Larger Landscape, Gert Gröning, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahnm, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany