Olmsted's America: An "Unpractical" Man and His Vision of Civilization

Crisp, beautiful, as new book. no names or writing, no bumps to boards, no tears or chips and no price-clip. Pages and page edges pristine and dustjacket is most handsome in brand new mylar. Book is illustrared throughout with 94 black and white images. Olmstead is revered as the Father of American Landscape Architecture and is synonymous with New York City's Central Park. And yet in his day he was noted as "an unpractical man" which is not wihout truth given the fact that he'd had many careers prior to this one. The author, however, chooses to focus on how Olmsted's work and ideas affected the United States. Book measures 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" and has 270 pages.

Product Info

ISBN: 0821219987

ISBN-13: 9780821219980

Publisher: Bulfinch press/ Little Brown

Year: 1995

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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Country: United States