Wilderness by design
Subtitle: landscape architecture and the National Park Service
By: Ethan Carr.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: United States. National Park Service -- History.; Landscape architecture -- United States -- History.; National parks and reserves -- United States -- Design -- History.
Description: Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-364) and index.