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UNINA9910821321803321 |
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Mitchell John Hanson |
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The Wildest place on earth : italian gardens and the invention of wilderness / / John Hanson Mitchell ; drawings by James A. Mitchell |
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Hanover, New Hampshire ; ; London, [England] : , : University Press of New England, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gardens, Italian - Philosophy |
Gardens, Italian |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Prologue; 1. Contact; 2. The Great Forest; 3. The Garden in the Woods; 4. In a Green Shade; 5. The Genteel Romantics; 6. Italian Reveries; 7. Into the Wild; 8. The Italian Debt; 9. The Cathedral in the Pines; 10. The Fate of Earth; 11. Backyard Serengeti; Epilogue: The Persistence of Pan |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The unlikely story of how formal Italian Renaissance gardens encouraged the preservation of the American wilderness |
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