| Description |
viii, 215 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Papers from a conference held in the Bronx, New York, on April 17, 1999. |
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"A project supported by the Cultural Landscape Foundation and the National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Landscape preservation in context, 1890-1950 / Charles A. Birnbaum and Mary V. Hughes -- Grounding memory and identity : pioneering garden club projects documenting historic landscape traditions of the American South / Catherine Howett -- "If Washington were here himself, he would be on my side" : Charles Sprague Sargent and the preservation of the Mount Vernon landscape / Phyllis Andersen -- Morley Jeffers Williams : a pioneer of landscape archaeology / Thomas E. Beaman Jr. -- "The fading landscape" : Arthur A. Shurcliff's evolving perceptions of landscape preservation / Elizabeth Hope Cushing -- "Californio" culture and landscapes, 1894-1942 : entwining myth and romance with preservation / David C. Streatfield -- Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. : history, preservation, and the planning process / Cynthia Zaitzevsky -- The "noblest landscape problem" : Thomas C. Vint and landscape preservation / Ethan Carr -- The Blue Ridge Parkway : road to the modern preservation movement / Ian Firth. |
| Subject |
Landscape architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- Congresses.
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Landscape architecture -- Conservation and restoration. |
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United States. |
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Landscape architecture. |
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- Congresses.
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Landscape protection -- United States -- Congresses.
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Landscape protection. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Birnbaum, Charles A.
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Hughes, Mary V., 1952-
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| ISBN |
0813923301 paperback alkaline paper |
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0813923298 cloth alkaline paper |
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