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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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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...

Cotton Kingdom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

Cotton Kingdom

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is best known for designing parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, and the grounds of the Capitol in Washington. But before he embarked upon his career as the nation's foremost landscape architect, he was a correspondent for theNew York Times, and it was under its auspices that he journeyed through the slave states in the 1850s. His day-by-day observations--including intimate accounts of the daily lives of masters and slaves, the operation of the plantation system, and the pernicious effects of slavery on all classes of society, black and white--were largely collected in The Cotton Kingdom. Published in 1861, just as the Southern states were storming out of the Union, it has been hailed ever since as singularly fair and authentic, an unparalleled account of America's "peculiar institution."

A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical Appendix
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 570
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.

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.

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: 252

Frederick Law Olmsted

Traces the life of the influential landscape architect, and looks at his designs for public parks.