Regaining paradise : Englishness and the early garden city movement / Standish Meacham
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #406837
ISBN: 0300075723
Physical description; viii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index. Contents; 1. Introduction: The Matter of Englishness -- 2. Bournville and Port Sunlight: The Exemplars -- 3. Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City Association -- 4. Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin: Principles and Practice -- 5. Letchworth: Best Laid Plans -- 6. Letchworth: "The Spirit of the Place," -- 7. Suburban High-Mindedness at Hampstead -- 8. Epilogue. Subjects; Garden cities England History. Planned communities England History. National characteristics, English. English. Garden cities. Architecture and society. City planning. Garden cities England History. Planned communities England History. National characteristics, English.
Price: €18.00