Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service / Ethan Carr.

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Carr, Ethan, 1958-

Title & Author:

Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service / Ethan Carr.

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Description:

viii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-364) and index.
Introduction : National parks and landscape architecture -- "The power of scenery" : picturesque theory and landscape design in American parks -- "Conserve the scenery" : the national park as 20th-century landscape park -- The Grand Canyon Village Historic District : the "Fairsted School" and American town planning -- The Going-to-the-Sun Road Historic District : "Landscape engineering" and changing roles of Park Service professionals -- The Mount Rainier National Park Historic District : regional planning and National Park Service "master planning" -- The National Park Service and national recreational planning -- Conclusion : the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Summary:

Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

080321491X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780803214910 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

United States. National Park Service History.
United States. National Park Service
Landscape architecture United States History.
National parks and reserves United States Design History.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Histoire.
Landscape architecture
National parks and reserves Design
Nationalpark
Verwaltung
Geschichte
Naturschutz
United States
USA

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Writings.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201684
Call No.: NA44.C311.A35 1998
Status: Available

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