The New Urban Landscape: The Redefinition of City Form in Nineteenth-Century America (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) - Softcover

Schuyler, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801837480 ISBN 13: 9780801837487

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988

Synopsis

In "one of the best books available on the changing physical form of the nineteenth-century city in America (Arnold R. Alanen, University of Wisconsin, Madison), Schuyler analyzes efforts by the civic leaders of that time to define a new urban culture by creating open recreational and residential areas for growing cities.

About this title

About the Author:

David Schuyler is a professor of American studies at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author of The New Urban Landscape: The Redefinition of City Form in Nineteenth-Century America and coeditor of three volumes of the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, the most recent of which is The Years of Olmsted, Vaux & Company, 1865-1874, all available from Johns Hopkins.

Review:

"The best single volume on nineteenth-century park development, and no existing work describes the origins and evolution of the naturalistic vision as capably as The New Urban Landscape. Moreover, Schuyler handles his subject with admirable economy and grace."

(Reviews in American History)

"An important contribution to our understanding of a design perspective that fostered a strong American heritage of urban parks and suburban spaces."

(Mary Corbin Sies Journal of American History)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0801837480
• ISBN 13: 9780801837487
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256