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Record Nr.

UNINA9910758400903321

Autore

Luccarelli Mark

Titolo

Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space: Image Making and the Search for a Commons in the United States, 1682-1865

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winwick, Cambridgeshire, : The White Horse Press, 2016

Winwick, Cambridgeshire, [England] : , : The White Horse Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781912186013

1912186012

9781874267942

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Disciplina

304.20973

Soggetti

Human geography - United States

Environmentalism - Social aspects - United States - History

Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States - History

Open spaces - United States - History

Human geography

United States

Environmentalism - Social aspects

Open spaces

Urban ecology (Sociology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Philadelphia: Green urbanism and the Atlantic World -- Washington: Territory -- The Hudson Valley: Landscape -- Maine: The woods -- New York: The emergence of green space -- Conclusion: The reinvention of green space.

Sommario/riassunto

Mark Luccarelli pushes past unproductive mind/body debates by rooting the rise of environmental awareness in the political and geographical history of the US.