Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service
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Author(s)Carr, Ethan
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN / ASIN080326383X
ISBN-139780803263833
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank456,787
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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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.