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- catalog abstract "Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.".
- catalog contributor b10699037.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-364) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "viii, 378 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wilderness by design.".
- catalog identifier "080321491X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wilderness by design.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Wilderness by design.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "712/.5/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Landscape architecture United States History.".
- catalog subject "National parks and reserves United States Design History.".
- catalog subject "SB482.A4 C37 1998".
- catalog subject "United States. National Park Service History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service / Ethan Carr.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".