Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service

Carr, Ethan

Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context. Despite the difficulties now confronting the parks, their continued ability to attract millions of visitors suggests that their creators succeeded in presenting a captivating vision of a once-wild America.

EAN

9780803263833

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

1 August 1999

Pages

378