Overview
The definitive, one-stop reference to the history of landscape architecture-now expanded and revised This revised edition of Landscapes in History features for the first time new information-rarely available elsewhere in the literature-on landscape architecture in India, China, Southeast Asia, and Japan. It also expands the discussion of the modern period, including current North American planning and design practices. This unique, highly regarded book traces the development of landscape architecture and environmental design from prehistory to modern times-in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. It covers the many cultural, political, technological, and philosophical issues influencing land use throughout history, focusing not only on design topics but also on the environmental impact of human activity. Landscape architects, urban planners, and students of these disciplines will find here: * The most comprehensive, in-depth, and up-to-date overview of the subject * Hundreds of stunning photographs and design illustrations * A scholarly yet accessible treatment, drawing on the latest research in archaeology, geography, and other disciplines * The authors' own firsthand observations and travel experiences * Insight into the evolution of landscape architecture as a discipline * Useful chapter summaries and bibliographies
Full Product Details
Author: Philip Pregill (California State Polytechnic University in Pomona) ,
Nancy Volkman (Texas A&M University)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition: 2nd Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 22.10cm
, Height: 5.10cm
, Length: 28.70cm
Weight: 2.282kg
ISBN: 9780471293286
ISBN 10: 0471293288
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 12 February 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
valuable as a reference work...but it deserves to be read as a good one--volume history of world landscapes (Landscape History, Vol.20, 2000)
valuable as a reference work...but it deserves to be read as a good one-volume history of world landscapes (Landscape History, Vol.20, 2000)
"""valuable as a reference work...but it deserves to be read as a good one-volume history of world landscapes"" (Landscape History, Vol.20, 2000)"
Author Information
PHILIP PREGILL is Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. NANCY VOLKMAN is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M University.
