Author: Newton, Norman T.
Title: Design on the Land: Development of Landscape Architecture
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, (1971). 11th printing. orig.cloth. 26x18cm, xxiv,714 pp.. Textual maps & illus.. Minor rubbing. Binding corner bump. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Ancient Times; The Middle Ages; The Islamic World: Cordoba, Seville; Granada; Iran; Mogul India; The Renaissance inTuscany; Rome & the Cinquecento; Roman Villas of Villeggiatura; Villa Lante & the Villino Farnese; Later Italian Villas, 1610-1785; The Piazza in Italy; Beginnings in France: André le Nôtre: Vaux-le-Vicomte & Versailles; England under the Tudors; 19h-Century England; The English "Landscape Gardening School"; Transition to Public Service; Pückler-Muskau & Alphand; Early American Backrounds; Olmsted & Vaux: Central Park & Prospect Park; Olmsted's Work in Boston; 2 Pioneers; Weidenmann & Cleveland; Charles Eliot & his Metropolitan Park System; Single-Track Eclecticism Takes Over; The World's Columbian Exposiiton of 1893; The Influence of Charles A. Platt; Founding of the American Society of Landscape Architects; The American Academy in Rome; The McMillan Commission's Plan of Washington; The City Beautiful Movement & City Planning; The Country Place Era; English Town Planning & the "Garden City"; Town Planning in the United States, 1869 - 1915, 1915 - 1929; 1929 - 1948; The National Park System; 1872- 1929; 1929-1964; The State Park Movement: 1864-1933; State Parks & the Civilian Conservation Corps; Parkways & their Offspring; Urban Open-Space Systems; Variations in Professional Practice; Conservation of Natural Resources.

Keywords: Landscape Architecture, United States, Town Urban Planning, Architectural, History, National Parks, State Park, Garden Design,