Main entry:

Pregill, Philip, 1944-

Title & Author:

Landscapes in history : design and planning in the Eastern and Western traditions / Philip Pregill, Nancy Volkman.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

New York : John Wiley, ©1999.

Description:

xv, 844 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-825) and index.
Machine derived contents note: 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.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0471293288 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780471293286 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape architecture History.
Architecture du paysage Histoire.
Landscape architecture.
Geschichte
Landschaftsgestaltung
Landschaftsplanung
City planning
Landscape architecture -- History
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
ontwerp
design
planning
landschapsbouw
landscaping
geschiedenis
history
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Textbooks.
History.

Added entries:

Volkman, Nancy, 1949-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202096
Call No.: SB470.5 .P7 1999
Status: Available