Gardens and Green Spaces in the West Midlands since 1700

Uitgever: University Of Hertfordshire Press

Taal: Engels

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Engels
Paperback
9781909291553
24 mei 2018
212 pagina's

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Garden history is more than the study of individuals such as 'Capability Brown' who created estates for a wealthy elite. A new approach, which includes insights from geology and archaeology, the perspectives of social class and gender, the history of art and architecture, science, technology and literature, is changing our perspective so that we can see gardens and gardening within wider social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Landscapes were created, formed and interpreted by town dwellers, women and lesser-known gardeners and designers as well as the 'great men' of the past. Based on papers given at a conference at the University of Birmingham, and written by distinguished scholars who are also writing for a wide audience, these essays highlight the wealth of recent research into landscape and green spaces in the West Midlands. The book ranges from the Picturesque movement in Herefordshire to William Shenstone's unique ferme ornee at The Leasowes, near Halesowen and the aspirational gardens and allotments of the Quaker ironmasters at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire. Other contributions celebrate women's entrepreneurial activity in the nursery trade, chart the uncovering and restoration of a hidden eighteenth-century landscape at Hagley in Worcestershire and explore the lost Vauxhall pleasure gardens in Birmingham, which were established as a commercial venture in the eighteenth century. An examination of Victorian public parks reveals how their aesthetics were shaped by architecture made from the products of manufacturing industry while a study of three modest suburban estates considers how local industrialists shaped the environment of south Birmingham. The relationships between health, medicine and green spaces are explored through an analysis of the role of 'therapeutic landscapes' in late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Worcestershire. Enhanced with maps, plans and black-and-white and colour illustrations, this is a volume of important scholarship that places the West Midlands at the heart of landscape history.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 mei 2018
Aantal pagina's: 212
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Hoofdredacteur: Malcolm Dick
Tweede Redacteur: Elaine A. Mitchell
Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Hertfordshire Press

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Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 234 mm
Verpakking lengte: 234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 428 g

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Categorieën: Vrije tijd & Hobby

Geschiedenis

Tuinieren

Sociale & Culturele geschiedenis

Periodes

Nieuwe tijd (1500-1800)

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

Hedendaagse geschiedenis ( v.a. 1945)

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Periode: 20e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 18e eeuw
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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar

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