{"product_id":"the-new-urban-landscape-9780801837487","title":"The New Urban Landscape","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Changing Conceptions of Urban Form\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Flawed Visions: The Lessons of Washington and New York\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Toward a Redefinition of Urban Form and Culture\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Didactic Landscape: Rural Cemeteries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Evolution of the Urban Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Ideology of the Public Park\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Naturalistic Landscape: Central Park\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Cities and Parks: The Lessons of Central Park\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Parks, Parkways, and Park Systems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The New Urban Landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Urban Decentralization and the Domestic Landscape\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The New City: A House with Many Rooms\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Transformation: The Neoclassical Cityscape\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliographic Essay\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405183328599,"sku":"9780801837487","price":25.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801837487.jpg?v=1730489022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-urban-landscape-9780801837487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}