Genius of Place The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

Name: Genius of Place The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
Price: 27.75 USD
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ISBN: 9780306818813

ISBN-10: 0306818817

ISBN-13: 9780306818813

Edition: 2011

Authors: Justin Martin

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Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed by a tragic personal life, also fully portrayed here. Most of all, he was a social reformer. He didn't simply create places that were beautiful in the abstract. An awesome and timeless intent stands behind Olmsted's designs,…

Book details

List price: $34.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/31/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English