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Genius of Place
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 494

Genius of Place

This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer.

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903

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  • Published: 1922
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 170

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1922
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Cotton Kingdom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

The Cotton Kingdom

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1862
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Journey Through Texas
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 570

A Journey Through Texas

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1857
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Frederick Law Olmsted: Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society (LOA #270)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1162

Frederick Law Olmsted: Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society (LOA #270)

The biggest and best single-volume collection ever published of the fascinating and wide-ranging writings of a vitally important nineteenth century cultural figure whose work continues to shape our world today. Seaman, farmer, abolitionist, journalist, administrator, reformer, conservationist, and without question America’s foremost landscape architect and urban planner, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was a man of unusually diverse talents and interests, and the arc of his life and writings traces the most significant developments of nineteenth century American history. As this volume reveals, the wide-ranging endeavors Olmsted was involved in—cofounding The Nation magazine, advocat...

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 792

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-03-06
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The Olmsted Papers project is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Trust for the Humanities, the National Association for Olmsted Parks, as well as private foundations and individuals.

Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 446

Frederick Law Olmsted

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-04-15
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) planned many parks and park systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of designed public space that is enjoyed and defended today. His public parks, the design of which he was most proud, have had a lasting effect on urban America.

Photographs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 118

Photographs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1978
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Frederick Law Olmsted

Childhood is a fundamental theme in the works of Ana Maria Matute, and also one of the key issues for the study of the aesthetic narrative of the writer. This thesis presents an analysis of the image of childhood in the works of Matute written for adults, observed in two distinct literary contexts: that of the realistic novels and of the fantastic works. This division also corresponds, though not mathematically, to the two creative periods of the writer, so that the continuity and evolution of both the theme and the aesthetic techniques throughout the author's entire literary career can be observed. The analysis which concerns the realistic works of Matute contains three chapters: firstly, a...