Landscapes in History: Design and Planning in the Eastern and Western Traditions

Abstract

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.

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