Landscapes in History Design and Planning in the Eastern and Western Traditions

Name: Landscapes in History Design and Planning in the Eastern and Western Traditions
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ISBN: 9780471293286

ISBN-10: 0471293288

ISBN-13: 9780471293286

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Philip Pregill, Nancy Volkman

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This is a text/reference on the history of development of landscape architecture and environmental design. It offers a treatment of cultural, social, political, technological, and philosophical issues as they influence landscape history.

Book details

List price: $160.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/25/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 864
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 5.280
Language: English

PHILIP PREGILL is Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. NANCY VOLKMAN is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M University.



European Landscapes


Prehistory: Migration and Adaptation


The Near Eastern Landscapes: Neolithic Settlements


Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley


Egypt and the Nile Valley


The Mediterranean Landscape: Roman Hegemony


Continental Europe: Agriculture, Feudalism, and Community


The Late Middle Ages: Urban and Rural Landscape Development


Humanism and Ideal Landscapes


Enlightenment and Romanticism


The Twentieth Century: Modernism and Planning


Asian Landscapes: India & Subcontinent of Asia


Landscapes of the Rising Sun: Design and Planting in Japan


The North American Landscape


Pre-Columbian and European Colonial Landscapes


The Early National Period


A New Land to Process: Development of Transportation and Land Tenure Systems


The Romantic Period


Parks Produce a New Profession


Urban Planning in the Nineteenth Century


Impact of Railroads on the American Landscape


Design for Ostentation: The Late Victorian Eclectic Landscape


Noble Realities and Ignoble Pretenses: The City Beautiful


The City Scientific


The Revival of Classicism: Landscape Architecture in an Era of Conspicuous Consumption


To Preserve and Conserve: Protection of Natural and Cultural Resources


The 1930s: Era of Public Works


The Automobile Age


The Modern City


Modern Garden Design and Site Planning


References


Source Acknowledgments


Index