The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in nineteenth-century Britain / William M. Taylor.

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Taylor, William M., 1960-

Title & Author:

The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in nineteenth-century Britain / William M. Taylor.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243).
1. Primitive huts and wild gardens -- 2. Vegetables in forcing-houses, humans in glasshouses -- 3. The vital landscape -- 4. Elemental existence -- 5. Patterns on the landscape -- 6. Characterizing life at home -- 7. Memory and the garden cemetery -- Conclusion : our (dys)functional environment.

Summary:

"The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences of 'life' entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0754630692
9780754630692

Subject:

Gardens Great Britain History 19th century.
Greenhouses Great Britain History 19th century.
Landscape design Great Britain History 19th century.
Jardins Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Serres Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Aménagement paysager Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Gardens.
Greenhouses.
Landscape design.
Architektur
Biologie
Gartenkunst
Gewächshaus
Landschaftsplanung
Umweltbewusstsein
Tuinen.
Landhuizen.
Kassen (tuinbouw)
Aménagement paysager.
Architecture.
Architecture du paysage.
Écologisme.
Histoire.
Relation homme-nature.
19e siècle.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Grande-Bretagne.
Großbritannien Gartenkunst Geschichte 1800-1900
Großbritannien Landschaftsplanung Geschichte 1800-1900
Großbritannien Biologie Umweltbewusstsein Geschichte 1800-1900
Großbritannien Biologie Architektur Geschichte 1800-1900
Großbritannien Gewächshaus Geschichte 1800-1900

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History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233955
Call No.: SB451.36.G7 T38 2004
Status: Available

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