Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service

by Ethan Carr

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Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context. Despite the difficulties now confronting the parks, their continued ability to attract millions of visitors suggests that their creators succeeded in presenting a captivating vision of a once-wild America.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:080326383X

ISBN13:9780803263833

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:378 Pages

Weight:2.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"

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