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Book SynopsisIn "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.
Trade ReviewThe 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
Table of ContentsPart I. Changing Conceptions of Urban Form
Chapter 1. Flawed Visions: The Lessons of Washington and New York
Chapter 2. Toward a Redefinition of Urban Form and Culture
Chapter 3. The Didactic Landscape: Rural Cemeteries
Part II. The Evolution of the Urban Park
Chapter 4. The Ideology of the Public Park
Chapter 5. The Naturalistic Landscape: Central Park
Chapter 6. Cities and Parks: The Lessons of Central Park
Chapter 7. Parks, Parkways, and Park Systems
Part III. The New Urban Landscape
Chapter 8. Urban Decentralization and the Domestic Landscape
Chapter 9. The New City: A House with Many Rooms
Chapter 10. Transformation: The Neoclassical Cityscape
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
