Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080326383X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 378 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Handsomely produced Carr underscores the significance and enduring power of the landscape park model.”—Environmental History
W. White said Good National Park History but with Some Flaws. “Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture & the National Park Service” by Ethan Carr is an examination of the National Park Service’s management and design of some of America’s scenic western national parks. Carr uses four national parks as case studies through which to view the National Park Service: Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Mount Rainier.The first chapter is a forty-three page history of picturesque park design, which can largely be skipped for those well acquainted with Fre
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.