1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00289505

Autore

Diels, Hermann

Titolo

1 / Hermann / ls ; herausge ; en von Walther Kranz. - Berlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

idmann, : 922. - X,  504

Descrizione fisica

; 23 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910999694603321

Autore

Clevenger Samuel M

Titolo

Physical Culture and the Biopolitics of the International Garden City Movement : Planning Healthy Recreation / / by Samuel M. Clevenger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-86981-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 218 p.)

Disciplina

900.91732

Soggetti

Cities and towns - History

Great Britain - History

United States - History

Sports - History

Architecture - History

Urban History

History of Britain and Ireland

US History

Sport History

Architectural History and Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Biopolitics and the Physical Culture of the Garden City Model -- 1. The Significance of Physical Culture in Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City Model -- 2. Town-Country Physical Culture and the Rise of Letchworth Garden City -- 3. The New Recreation: Physical Culture and the Regional Planning Association of America -- 4. Highwayless Physical Culture in the Planning of Sunnyside Gardens and Radburn -- Conclusion: Garden City Bodies for 'To-morrow'?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States. Samuel M. Clevenger is Assistant Professor at Towson University, USA.