The English garden : a social history / Charles Quest-Ritson.

Main entry:

Quest-Ritson, Charles.

Title & Author:

The English garden : a social history / Charles Quest-Ritson.

Publication:

London : Viking, 2001.

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Gardening is all about lifestyles, money and class. Among the rich, gardens are symbols of social and economic success; among the poor, they are an aid to survival. Most commentators have concentrated on the development of garden styles and fashions, but no history can properly be told without reference to the social and economic conditions which accompanied it. Charles Quest-Ritson sets out to put gardening in its context. He shows how gardens have altered through the generations in direct response to changes in English society itself and he explains the social and financial reasons why gardening evolved as it did. Why do certain plants become fashionable? How much did Humphrey Repton charge for his landscaping? From which surprising benefactor did Vita Sackville-West get the money to create Sissinghurst? Which fruit was the ultimate status symbol in Restoration society? Why is Gerard's Herbal "a fanciful and useless book"? What was life really like in the Victorian gardener's bothy? What is the connection between Capability Brown and 18th-century field sports? When was the first lifestyle gardening magazine published? Why were all the best Edwardian gardens made by "nouveaux riches"?" --Publisher description.

ISBN:

0670887684
9780670887682
014029502X (pbk.)
9780140295023 (pbk.)

Subject:

Gardening England History.
Gardening Social aspects England History.
Gardens, English History.
Gardens, English Social aspects History.
Jardinage Aspect social Angleterre Histoire.
Jardins anglais Histoire.
Jardins anglais Aspect social Histoire.
Gardening.
Gardening Social aspects.
Gardens, English.
Garten
Geschichte
England.
tuinen
gardens
geschiedenis
history
engeland
england
Garden History
Tuinhistorie
Gardens Great Britain England 1500-2000.
Gardening Great Britain England 1500-2000.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219205
Call No.: SB457.6 .Q42 2001
Status: Available

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