1st Edition
The Greening of the City Urban Parks and Public Leisure, 1840-1939
By Carole A. O'Reilly
Copyright 2019
164 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Understanding Urban Parks
2. Parks in the Urban Environment
3. Parks as Social and Political Landscapes
4. Public Parks as Employers
5. Ideal Playgrounds?: Parks and the Development of Popular Recreation
6. Parks and the Green Agenda
7. Public Parks, Leisure and the Popular Imagination
Biography
Carole A. O’Reilly is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
