Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service

Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service / Ethan Carr.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carr, Ethan, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [1999], c1998.
Subjects:
United States. > National Park Service > History.
Landscape architecture > United States > History.
National parks and reserves > United States > Design > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : National parks and landscape architecture
  • "The power of scenery" : picturesque theory and landscape design in American parks
  • "Conserve the scenery" : the national park as 20th-century landscape park
  • The Grand Canyon Village Historic District : the "Fairsted School" and American town planning
  • The Going-to-the-Sun Road Historic District : "landscape engineering" and changing roles of Park Service professionals
  • The Mount Rainier National Park Historic District : regional planning and National Park Service "master planning"
  • The National Park Service and national recreational planning
  • Conclusion : the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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