Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features, but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteenth century, examining the fuller flowering of thes...

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1. Verfasser:	O'Reilly, Carole A. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Routledge [2019]
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in cultural history
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1840-1940 Urban parks / Great Britain / History / 19th century Urban parks / Great Britain / History / 20th century Gartenkunst Öffentlicher Raum Freizeitgestaltung Städtebau Stadtpark Großbritannien
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Zusammenfassung:	Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features, but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteenth century, examining the fuller flowering of these valuable spaces in the early decades of the twentieth century. Encompassing themes such as social and political usage, parks as employers and the dangers posed by such freely accessible spaces, the book examines a range of parks in cities such as Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, Hull and Cardiff and challenges the prevailing myths about their meaning for their users. This study'stimeframe spans almost 100 years of unprecedented social, cultural, political and economic changes and allows for the consideration of the expansion and commercialisation of leisure opportunities for the public. Urban parks played a significant role in this -- the book places parks firmly in the context of the evolving city and examines the importance of green space to the urban citizen during this most fascinating of historical periods
Beschreibung:	OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (x, 154 pages)
ISBN:	9781315866840 1315866846 9781317961901 1317961900 9781317961918 1317961919 9781317961925 1317961927