Entrée principale:

Lawrence, Henry W., 1946-

Titre et auteur:

City trees : a historical geography from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century / Henry W. Lawrence.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2006.

Description:

xvi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-322) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Trees in the urban landscape -- Renaissance innovations: The Sixteenth Century -- Baroque Europe: The Seventeenth Century -- Urban embellishment: 1700 to the 1780s -- Colonial expressions and innovations: 1500-1800 -- Revolutionary Europe and North America, 1789-1820 -- Convergence in Europe and America: 1820-1850 -- A model for the world -- Patterns of change -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Résumé:

"For those who have ever wondered why we have trees in cities or what makes the layout of cities like Paris and Amsterdam seem so memorable, City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century by Henry W. Lawrence provides a comprehensive and handsome guide to the history of trees in urban landscapes. Covering four centuries of development in the cities of Europe and America, this book shows how trees became integral to urban landscapes by looking at the historical evolution of the spaces in which they were planted and how these spaces were used."--Jacket.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

0813925339 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813925332 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Trees in cities Europe History.
Trees in cities United States History.
Urban landscape architecture Europe History.
Urban landscape architecture United States History.
Arbres dans les villes Europe Histoire.
Arbres dans les villes États-Unis Histoire.
Paysage urbain Europe Histoire.
Paysage urbain États-Unis Histoire.
Trees in cities
Urban landscape architecture
Bomen (biologie)
Stadsplanning.
Arbres des villes Europe Histoire.
Arbres des villes États-Unis Histoire.
Géographie urbaine Europe Histoire.
Géographie urbaine États-Unis Histoire.
Europe
United States

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 248838
Cote: BIB 178397
Statut: Disponible