Screen LibraryThe greening of the city : urban parks and public leisure, 1840-1939 /
Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features, but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteenth century, examining the fuller flowering of thes...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in cultural history ;
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| Summary: |
Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features, but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteenth century, examining the fuller flowering of these valuable spaces in the early decades of the twentieth century. Encompassing themes such as social and political usage, parks as employers and the dangers posed by such freely accessible spaces, the book examines a range of parks in cities such as Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, H |
| Carrier Form: | x, pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415720663 (hardback) : 0415720664 (hardback) 9781315866840 (ebook) 1315866846 (ebook) 9781317961918 (electronic book) 1317961919 (electronic book) 9781317961901 (Mobipocket) 1317961900 (Mobipocket) 9781317961925 (PDF) 1317961927 (PDF) |
| Index Number: | SB484 |
| CLC: | TU986.656.1-09 |
| Call Number: | TU986.656.1-09/O667 |
| Contents: | Understanding urban parks -- Parks in the urban environment -- Parks as social and political landscapes -- Public parks as employers -- Ideal playgrounds? : parks and the development of popular recreation -- Parks and the green agenda -- Public parks, leisure and the popular imagination. |