With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a long time primarily a repository of ideas concerning social reform, hygienic improvement, and class mobility. Complementing efforts by worker cooperatives, unions, and social legislation, the provision of small garden plots offered some relief from bleak urban living conditions. Urban planners often thought of such gardens as a way to insert "lungs" into a city.
Standing at the intersection of a number of disciplines--including landscape studies, horticulture, and urban history-- The Working Man's Green Space focuses on the development of allotment gardens in European countries in the nearly half-century between the Franco-Prussian War and World War I, when the French Third Republic, the German Empire, and the late Victorian era in England saw the development of unprecedented measures to improve the lot of the "laboring classes." Nilsen shows how community gardening is inscribed within a social contract that differs from country to country, but how there is also an underlying aesthetic and social significance to these gardens that transcends national borders.
Описание: An illustrated guidebook to a rich array of 148 designed landscapes along the Northeast Corridor.
Автор: Harrison Robert Pogue Название: Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition ISBN: 0226317897 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226317892 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3644 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers readers with a wide-ranging examination of the many ways in which, gardens evoke human condition. Moving from the gardens of ancient philosophers to the gardens of homeless people in contemporary New York, this book shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history.
Автор: Lou Название: Chinese Gardens ISBN: 0521186617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521186612 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2053 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An illustrated introduction to the creation of Chinese gardens through history and their distinctive combination of nature, philosophy and art.
Автор: Campbell, Gordon Название: A Short History of Gardens ISBN: 0198784619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198784616 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1779 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A Short History of Gardens embraces the beauty and practicality of gardens, in history and culture across the world. Gordon Campbell also look at variations on the modern garden, including the suburban garden, the city garden, the guerrilla garden, and the vegetable garden, and considers the future of gardens.
Автор: Goto Seiko Название: Japanese Gardens ISBN: 0415821185 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415821186 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5911 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The unique beauty of the Japanese garden stems from its spirituality and rich symbolism, yet most discussions on this kind of garden rarely provide more than a superficial overview. This book takes a thorough look at the process of designing a Japanese garden, placing it in a historical and philosophical context.
Goto and Naka, both academic experts in Japanese garden history and design, explore:
The themes and usage of the Japanese garden
Common garden types such as tea and Zen gardens
Key maintenance techniques and issues.
Featuring beautiful, full-colour images and a glossary of essential Japanese terms, this book will dramatically transform your understanding of the Japanese garden as a cultural treasure.
Описание: This comprehensive and authoritative guide offers an evidence-based overview of healing gardens and therapeutic landscapes from planning to post-occupancy evaluation.
Автор: Turner Tom Название: Asian Gardens ISBN: 041549687X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415496872 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 16500 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of the history of gardens across Asia, from Turkey through Iran, India, China to Japan, from the very beginnings of garden making to the present day.
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